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Cry To Be Held

Janet Kuypers
3/28/89

I cry to be held
But you don’t seem to
See my tears

I’m starting to feel
More alone with you
than without you

Me? Get serious?
Oh, I never do that
too much chance to pain

And yet I was trapped
like an animal in a cage

I fastened the lock myself

And now I only
cry to be held


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This piece is also in the book
Hope Chest in the Attic.

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