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by Riley Author IconMail Icon
Rated: E · Poetry · Other · #1391591

My two roads diverged...

Here, a podium.
Chalk in one hand,
Coffee in the other.
The room, alight with lecture.

There, a stage.
Cigarette in one hand,
Cocktail in the other.
The room, overflowing with lyric.

Two worlds.
One a tedious truth,
One a forbidden fancy.
Both commanding consideration.
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