<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=417411" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Survivor's Glee</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I strapped on an oxygen tank and dove<br>into the past, paddling back through the years, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">emerging from a manhole on memory lane.<br>The boondocks were doing just fine without me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The car dealerships. The trash heaps. The stream<br>of consciousness where I learned how to skinny-dip</div><div style="margin:10px 0">had slowed down to a trickle of amnesia.<br>All the houses had been gutted, except mine, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">where my family was still eating dinner. My parents<br>welcomed me with open elbows, my brother</div><div style="margin:10px 0">looked up to me like a cave drawing on the ceiling.<br>The night hobbled by, rattling its beggar's cup.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A pipe burst behind my eyes, which brought out<br>the plumber in everyone. At a loss for words</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I placed a seashell on my tongue, and my relatives<br>wore bathing suits when they spoke to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jeffrey+McDaniel">Jeffrey McDaniel</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=417411" data-title="Survivor's Glee de Jeffrey McDaniel" data-description="I strapped on an oxygen tank and dove into the past, paddling back through the years, emerging from a manhole on memory lane. The boondocks were doing just fine without me. The car dealerships. The trash heaps. The stream of consciousness where..."></div> </div> </div>

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