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By tigerlilly

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some lovers have the luxury to share a lifetime's span of years for others life is cut short leaving one who's wreathed in tears most will fall into another picture of the lot ordinary people with a love not cold or hot it's here that fate begins to slip somewhere between the lines looking for the ones who know their love is in decline it always happens that these two will meet along the way starting out as good friends growing closer every day they build grand worlds to live in because there's nothing left to lose they're living in the spaces that their spouses just won't use so if you'd like to keep your love at the center of your heart make sure you leave no vacancies for another's love to start close the ranks with care keep a match to your lover's fuse or he may slip one day between the lines through some space you didn't useall comments and critiques welcomed :-) Written February 2nd, 2002 © on Feb 02 2002 05:54 AM PST   20 • 0 • 8

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