Emily Lockard Poems

-this poem is not my own, but i wanted to share it with people because it is such a lovely poem-

Near to the door
He paused to stand
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I see the world and it's not what it seems
Nobody cares what I think about it
Reality may be just a dream
But I don't care what they say about it
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Writing a poem
In seventeen syllables
Is very diffi...
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Tell me these words
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Why momma, please stop yelling
I know of nothing I did wrong
I've tried to do the right things
But I've been scolded all along
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