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This girl is a fighter

Worn out but held 

Together with nuts and bolts

Tightened by will power,

And she staggers when she

Walks only because the road

Is riddled with pot holes

Dug out by those

Who tread before her.



*This poem is dedicated to a good friend of mine who has battled Leukemia and who has won. (Here's to hoping you're cancer free for the rest of your life).*

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