Destinee

I Am,

the four-leaf clover in the batch, the notes drifting through the air, the swift fingers on each key, the best known person, the hearts around Earth's creatures, the singer in the crowd, the defender many fear,

I Am,

the blooming blossom, the flashing lights, the swift killer, the snag in the line, the country blonde, the dream-walker, the outback, <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the enthusiastic buyer, <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the ice rider,

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">I Am,

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Me

<span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The Golden Stream

<span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"Woof, Woof!" Finally!, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Just what I was looking for, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">That's better; I am so relieved, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wait, I hear something, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I look into the emerald leaves <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Swaying in the breeze, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Oh, it's just a bunch of squirrels, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I bark and wonder, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wow, being a tree must be fun, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Meeting other creatures, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I want to be a tree

<span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> "Swish, Whoosh!" Oh today is going to be a great day!, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Oh, no! Not another dog!, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Ew, Yuck that's disgusting!, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Oh shut up you stupid squirrels, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Well the breeze is nice, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Now look what you've done!,

<span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> I wonder, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Being a dog must be amazing, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Doing what you want, when you want, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> and peeing on trees like me!, <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Ha! that would be hilarious! <span style="color: #f5f519; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> I want to be a dog

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The Green Stem

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">A tree swaying in the summer breeze, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A pack of markers in a child's backpack, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A newly hatched caterpillar inching on a branch, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A spider blending with a banana leaf, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A lonely cactus in the Sahara Desert, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Summer leaves with pink blossoms, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Sweet summer grass, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Lilly Pads in a slimy swamp, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Construction paper on a project, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A lime slice on the rim of a drink, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A kiwi next to a slice of pizza for lunch, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Wild spinach growing in a marsh, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Bullfrogs leaping on their powerful back legs, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A chameleon hiding from a soaring hawk,

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Green beans growing in a garden, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Frozen peas in a microwave, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A silent turtle swimming in a pond;

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> A fern plant hanging outside my house on <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Feb. 17th, 2011,at 3:30 p.m.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Giant Teddy Bears

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Born To Protect <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Vicki Shields <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Dog Fancy <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> 2008

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Steadfast and Devoted, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Natural Protectors, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Poaching Controller, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Pinning and Holding <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Not Mauling and Hurting, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> "Game - Keeper's Night Dog,

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Obsolete, Intelligent, Courage, Protective, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Protects the things you love, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> England in the 1800"s, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Guardian, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Working (AKC) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Guardian (UKC) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Alert, Confident, Territorial, Docile, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Devoted, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Bulldogs and Mastiffs, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> No tolerance to hot weather, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Perfect Family Dog

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Listen To Me

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Here I am, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 13 and still here on this planet <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> alive and healthy, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> This poem is about ME. <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Me, Myself, and I, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Just us three, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> On this planet of Death and Destr

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">uction, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Born in Red - Neck country, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Sweet, short, nice, athletic, and funny, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Hear me out, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> I love this world, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> but today and years before, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> this place is and was covered in <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> TRASH!, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> I want a nice world, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> So hear me out, <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> CLEAN IT UP!!!! <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Please :)

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bearded Dragon

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Spiky like a cactus, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Head like a triangle, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Tongue as sticky as glue,

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Hot habitat like a desert, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> (Long as) two feet full grown, <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Colors of the Earth; green, brown, tan, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Spikes as sharp as a knife, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Fast as a speeding bullet, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Smart like a human, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Clam as water, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Easy to handle,

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Beautiful as a setting sun,

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Insect eater; crickets and meal worms, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Many species, each with their own difficulty,

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Each (species) acts and looks different, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Bought at a pet store, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Loving to their keepers, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Vegetarian like a gentle giant

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