<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=435396" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Familiar With the Setting</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was not raised on islands of enchantment.<br>Nor do I know anyone who drives a Bentley, <br>And lives in a mansion! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For some reason, <br>I was born into a reality...<br>That came to test my every breath.<br>And games played like 'dodgeball'<br>And hide and seek...<br>Came in very handy as I grew older.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And for a number of years, <br>I lived in emotional shock! <br>From losing friends I knew to a nonsense war.<br>That once was called Viet Nam.<br>Now a vacation destination! <br>A tourist 'must see' spot.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've witnessed some wonderful people, <br>Pass on! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Being near death myself a few years ago...<br>Gave me a boost to my insight! <br>And my eyes became clearer.<br>Becoming clearer than I thought they could.<br>Opened for the maximum of enlightenment.<br>And not of my doing...<br>I might add! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was not raised on islands of enchantment.<br>Nor do I know anyone who drives a Bentley, <br>And lives in a mansion! <br>However...<br>And this is strange! <br>I am familiar with the setting, <br>And the scene!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</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=435396" data-title="Familiar With the Setting de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I was not raised on islands of enchantment. Nor do I know anyone who drives a Bentley, And lives in a mansion! For some reason, I was born into a reality... That came to test my every breath. And games played like 'dodgeball' And hide and seek..."></div> </div> </div>

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