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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0When the future star was sweeping cereal dust\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0upon weathered wooden floors<\/span><\/p>\n

he knew this push-broom life was not his<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brave soldiers and dashing lovers<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0charming spies and magnetic saviors<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0giant heroes on a screen<\/span><\/p>\n

these were his people<\/span><\/p>\n

and in darker moments his friends<\/span><\/p>\n

beckoning from a distant place<\/span><\/p>\n

where corn was found in the polished aisles of the supermarket<\/span><\/p>\n

and in endless regiment rows outside a frosty window<\/span><\/p>\n

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Too beautiful to stay<\/span><\/p>\n

Too beautiful<\/span><\/p>\n

Songs that made him cry played in his head<\/span><\/p>\n

and he could not say why<\/span><\/p>\n

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He wondered if it was possible <\/span>to be an extraordinary boy<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

and never grow old<\/span><\/p>\n

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The corn reached higher,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 yearning for heaven and then it was gone<\/span><\/p>\n

like the magic of youth<\/span><\/p>\n

going\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 going\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0always going<\/span><\/p>\n

until only space lived where once proud plants stood erectly at attention<\/span><\/p>\n

brave soldiers and dashing lovers all<\/span><\/p>\n

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