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A Smile
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Is it always genuine

in a child?

Becauses it releases such unjaded light.

The flash of his teeth

the sudden creases

in an unformed face--

no calculation

his joy as involuntary

as his next breath--

where is the subtext?

 

Later--

he may use it as a mask

perhaps a subterfuge

for a Machiavellian move--

but enoy it now

before he has

something to prove.

 

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 Reviews of "A Smile"
Reviewed by Lyndsey Nelson (Reader)
Reviewed on July 30, 2007
quite true- very nice. Thank you-Truth be True-Lyndsey
Reviewed by Tami Ryan
Reviewed on August 7, 2004
Ah, well said. (she smiles)
Reviewed by George MacLean Akurunwa
Reviewed on August 2, 2004
Wonderful piece. Great insight.
Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce (Sandie Angel)
Reviewed on August 2, 2004
Good thought-provoking piece.

Sandie May Angel
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