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The kite

By DocMccurdy

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Up it rose, higher and higher,               Up into the sky, A little  child seeing  it go,           Waved at it goodbye. The kite had now reached its height,                                 And swayed to and fro,                   It made  use  of its  new  commands,                             then gloated at the crow. All the birds now became scared,   at this attitude of the kite, But they favored to stay silent,   for they feared it would bite.     The  kite  with  all at  its  mercy,                           decided  to  have  a  ball,                   It enslaved all the petrified birds,                           they trembled at its calls. But while the kite was in the  sky,         there came a sudden  storm, Which toppled all its kingdom, from       a mighty to a crippled form. So  here  this  from  me  all  of  you,                 never think yourself greater than all,               For after every rise you care  to know,                         there  comes  a  sudden  fall. Written September 30th, 1966 © on Nov 10 2001 02:57 AM PST   0 • 9

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