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 Writing.Com Item ID: #760861
 Title:  Waiting for Lightning to Strike
 Item Type: Static Item
 Brief:  I had to look up "splenetic" for this one!
 Last Modified: 10-05-2003 @ 11:15pm
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Waiting for Lightning to Strike

I sit in solemn contemplation
waiting for lightning to strike.
All around me scurrilous society
bubbles and heaves with life,
their shenanigans on display,
reveling in their fame - and infamy.
I maintain my station
avoiding the riffraff.
Lightning never strikes.
I remain solitary and splenetic.
Life passes by.

(10/2-5/03)