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“The City of Words”

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Brittan in All Poems

You can feel the history,

It surrounds at ev’ry turn,

All starting with simple words,

Not a popular nickname,

Yet it truthfully remains,

As words cover The District,

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I'm the author of Mindfully Messy. I'm a lesbian, a Buddhist, and I have a couple mental disorders that will live with me in this life, but *not* the next.

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