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Mosquitoes

We aspire to greatness
Settle for survival
Abandon dreams to fetid battlefields
Small unexpected victories bring
Clarity, perspective, smokey hope
Fear washed away in rainstorm
Puddles remain
Festering with mosquitoes

© Poem Fix http://www.poemfix.com 2012
Photo: James Gathany, CDC

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