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I am not a handsome face,
but I still believe in God-
 
I shook hands with a rich man,
while in line to buy bread and water-
 
If I had more time in a day,
I think I would be more forgiving-
 
While refraining from sidewalk cracks,
I accidently stepped on and killed an ant-
 
The graveyard is always following,
and still I avoid looking in the mirror-
 
Passion is about away as a pluck of a flower,
and many end dying, still attached to the stem-
 
Education is said to pave the way to success,
a poor farmer only wishes it would rain-
 
I recently heard that home is where heart is,
a patient awaiting heart transplant will differ-

Bio: Anthony Liccione has been writing poetry for 14 year, eating more and sleeping less. His books "Please Pass Me, the Blood & Butter" is scheduled to be released late 2006, and "A Window to See Through" in the Spring of 2007.