Composed 11/19/13
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Is that what it will take?
Downturned lips and
Tear glazed eyes
Dainty sniffs
And hopeless sighs?
A slump, a funk
A bad day, bad week
My mother dies
My grades: all Cs?
If that’s what it takes
A need to be saved
I’ll hold out my hope
Another man, another day.
Scraps of Paper 
You’re absolutely right. That’s not what it takes. You are confusing the stimulus and the response. A child being born often results in a strong emotional response, but an emotional response never produces a child.
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Your poem inspired me to write a poem myself. If curious, check it out here:
http://cucumberlodge.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/no-magic/
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