Today Is A New Day

What happened yesterday is for yesterday

Today is what matters most

What you are doing right now is the most important thing

Not what you did yesterday, or yesteryear or 10 years ago

You are the shaper of your fate

You are the captain of your ship

You are the most important person

In your world today and everyday after

It's not your boss, his boss or the

President of the United States

You have the ability to change your life

Each and everyday you live

You do not have to accept what 

You do not like about your life

You have the ability each day

To change your fate in every way

Keep pushing your hardest

Believe in your ability to make a difference

You can and everyone else can 

They simply choose not to

You have the freedom of free will to make

The lives of those you've met as well as

People you never have and never will better

You simply have to say, "Yes I can!!“

Don't let negativity hold you back

Don't let others stuck in their stinking thinking

Hold you back from your dreams

They chose not to fulfill theirs and never will

Create a time, a place or a thing you do

That zeros you back in to your purpose

The naysayers pull everyone down and

Everyone needs to clear their head

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Why We Write

We've all heard the saying,

"If a tree falls in the woods does anyone hear it?"

Well I here and now am quoting a new saying

That sums up well the why of writing

Whether its storytelling or journalism

Epic fiction or tragic reality

Hilarious comedy or sorrow filled tragedy

Every type of story, book or series

Has one thing in common

No matter when they're written or 

By who, what, when, where and why

They all beg one question

A question on every writer's mind

From our ancestors writing on cave walls

To modern day authors typing away,

“Does a story still hold meaning without a reader?”

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A Salty Day at Sea-Part 4 (Part-1 is in April)

When I think back to the day

That I left my homeland of Spain

When all I knew was my city of Madrid

And life was ever so simple

I shed a tear and wondered

How papa and mama were doing

Tending the farm and the animals 

And how my younger sisters were

The day that I left, I packed everything

My whole world in a tan pouch that

I bought with my savings at the market

I filled it with all my clothes, drawings and a jar of dirt

With this jar I could take my homeland everywhere

And believe me I have and plan to take it more places

From the coast of Madagascar to the shores of Tahiti

To the crest of the Nile to the icy cold of the Arctic

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A Flower by any other name

Like a beautiful flower

She bloomed in front of my

Hungry, happy, heavy libidinous eyes

Looking back at me quite lascivious

She makes every rose look like

A dandelion blowing in the fleeting wind

She smells sweeter then any hyacinth

Ever could in it's wildest dream of dreams

To the touch she is finer then the finest

Persian, Oriental or Indian silk

She is not a rare flower by any means

In fact she can be found on every continent

Few appreciate her full beauty

Few give her the fully deserved dedication

Many should learn her nurturing and care

For she is the only flower that gives back ten fold

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Nature

The air blows through the trees

A breath of fresh air upon us

Many scents come from all directions

Stimulating our smell and touch

There's a musty smell of moss from below

A fresh leaf and bark smell from above

There are mushrooms and fungus among us

With every shade & hue of the rainbow

Inner and outer peace can be found here

One simply has to walk with an open mind

Feel deeply with an open heart

Let your spirit connect with nature at her purest

Leave with a new found clearness of mind

A healthiness of earthly body

A purity of your heavenly inner soul

And an ability to seize the day

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Balance

It is something we all try for

It is something many die for

To have a place for everything

And everything in it's place

We need time for family

We need time for friends

We need time for work

We need time to work out

Everyone gets a piece of our

Personal pan pie of time

From the minute we wake up

To the minute we go to sleep

The thing we need to remember is 

We decide how much time everyone gets

We decide when they get it

We are in control if we want to be

We can hold the pie and decide

Who gets each slice of our life

We can even keep more for those

We love and care for most

By finding an even keel

Or the middle path in life

We can make time for everyone

We can hold the hour glass

God gave us the ability to choose our path

The ability to determine our fate good or bad

So few of us use this power though and

Are tossed about like a leaf in the storm

We are all brought into the world in birth

And we all leave the world the world in death

It is up to us to determine what happens in between

Through everyday decisions for inner and outer balance

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Untitled

You gotta have at least one

“One what?” you say.

One poem where the title is 

Less important then the words

That make up the poem

Which really are the reason you read

Sort of the meat on the plate

Or the main attraction if you will

You don't go to a restaurant

Because it has great salad

And you don't go to a show

Because you love the cover band

You read the poem for the words

You read the poem for the meaning it conveys

You read to be inspired to learn eternal truths

You read to feed the need of an uncompleted soul

I write to give you my words

I write the poems to give meaning to our lives

I write to inspire and to spread eternal truths

I write to complete my soul with your reading

I go to a restaurant for 2 reasons

For their phenomenal steak and seafood

I go to a show for the headliner

I usually miss the opening act

I compiled this creative little poem

So you could come up with your own title

This is the meat, you can add the title or side dish

You can add the cover band, which could be awesome

This is at least one of mine or many where

The title does not dictate how the words

Flow together, assemble or gather meaning

In this poem the words run the show

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Unbound

Unrestrained and unhindered

Undeterred from under educated minds

Unfettered and undaunted by the vast consciousness

Underwhelmed by what has been done so far

There is so much more that can be accomplished then

What we have done so far and believe we can do

The human mind can and will do more then we imagine

We are just scratching the surface of what we can achieve

Society is holding itself back and inhibiting it's own full potential

The predator of negativity must be stopped at all costs

Our collective future depends on its utter defeat

With it's death we as a society can realize our full potential

So I say to you, think you can and you will

Live your dreams and so in time others will to

Those who say you can't, haven't themselves ever really tried

You are different then them, because you have an I can attitude 

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A Family Bound Together

Tighter then time and brighter then the sun

A combined might, stronger than any one

A love deeper then any ocean

Youth and age working in unison

Brawn meets wisdom, melting into genius

One helps the whole and the whole helps the one

The growth of the one is the growth of the many

The fall of the one, is caught by the many

Tradition and technology form a bond of trust

Time together is time well spent

Time apart is a lesson for the heart

Patients with love is an everyday must

Listen twice as much as you speak

For some wisdom comes in a whisper

Pictures perseveres moments in time

Stories persevere a family's culture

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Persistence of Memory

An intertwined link from the past to the present

A gateway to lessons learned and times forgotten

It comes in many shapes, forms, scents and smells

It may come in the blink of an eye or in quiet whisper

It is that laundry smell at your aunt and uncle's

It is that homemade birch beer your little league coach made

It is that barbecue smell you get from charcoal bricks and lighter fluid

It is that taste of hot cocoa after day of fun in the snow

An interwoven quilt of images stitched together through time 

That makes us up, all depicting happy memories of times past

From the blissful years of early childhood to 

The responsible years of adulthood and everything in between

It might be that field you look upon where you played soccer for the YMCA

Or the feel of sand on your feet at the beach, where you swam for years

It could be that movie you saw that reminded you of simpler times of youth

Or maybe its that poem that made you feel warm and fuzzy inside

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In Far Away Lands, Part-1

In far away lands

Giants wander

Gnomes lurk and lear

Where many do fear

Ferries fly freely

Dragons dwell in deep dells and dungeons

Elves live in deep woods, caves and high castles

Where these are few have ever known

In far away lands

Live orcs ordering evil omelets

Ogres who eat cattle, kittens and kindergarten kids

Safe haven is not abound here

Wise wizards are found all around

Evil, enchanting, enigmatic witches are not far behind

Young witches and wizards are here and there

They're quite easily found, follow the blooming flowers and hopping frogs

In far away lands

Tales are told of heroes and heroines

Of sea captains, soldiers and swordsmen

As well as nomads, knights and noblemen

Good and evil do their dance daily

Many search for treasures, trinkets and tragedy

Life in this realm is hard for large and small

Survive to the end of the week and you'll be invited to princess' ball

In far away lands

Things are quite different if you haven't heard

Here every waking minute is filled with adventure

Every action, moment or sneeze hangs on my every word

This land is only as far as I make it

This realm is of my making and mind

Fear not I've written you a phenomenal part

You'll be a noble knight on a quest right from the start

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A Restless Mind

Means there is so much to do 

One must simply follow the heart and the mind

In search of the key that will 

Unlock many doors and overcome many walls

It is as if one knows that there is a

Greater purpose yet to reveal itself

A greater place for life to unfold

It's bigger, brighter, beautiful plan

A connection must be found to

A power far greater then one's own

An amazing link to infinite imagination

Infinite creative power, filled with infinite intelligence

With the right group of like minded individuals

Such great goals can and will be accomplished

Fro the betterment of all

Week and old, young and healthy, fat, short and tall

Things will change for the better

Yesteryear's problems will fade away

Like the colors in your favorite

Beautiful, blue, birthday blue jeans

All levels of control: money, the education system,

Government, power, prejudice and prosperity

Will change forevermore for the better

A new level of fairness will speed across land and sea

Ideas will flow freely from the

Unclogged pipe of society's subconscious mind

All will be given, the right to free higher education

Merit will only be weighed by intelligence and determination

Money will be controlled by the people

Not men in lofty offices, in lofty towers, locked far away

Every man, woman and child's vote will count equally

There will be no electoral college to outvote the common man

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Back In The Day

Life was a little simpler

Times were a little easier

The world's problems were solved

With a big bowl of ice cream

The best shows and cartoons on TV were:

Transformers, Go-Bots, GI-JOE, HE-MAN, The Muppet Show, Mighty Mouse

The Snorks, Fraggle Rock, Yogi-Bear and anything Hanna-Barbera

Alvin & The Chipmunks, Thundercats, The Jetsons and the Flintstones

LIfe was spent swimming all day

Laughing and playing my cares away

Miniature battles took place on paper daily

In lands and places unknown to all but me

Every birthday and holiday an adventure

Birthdays filled with pinatas, pool parties and presents

Holidays filled with hugs, holly leaves and happy tidings 

With a young life came a life simpler time

As the wheel of time turned

Other cartoons came along that were still great

Such as: Duck Tales, The Uncanny X-Men, 

Tale Spin, Darkwing Duck, Pinky & the Brain

Ren & Stimpy, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, Charlie Brown,

Animaniacs,  Garfield, The Real Ghostbusters, The Simpsons,

Batman the Series, Spider Man, Rescue Rangers

And the list goes on and on

Times and people changed further still

Thankfully my imagination and great cartoons stayed with me

An ability to see the world with eyes of wonder and unclouded

Like the mind of a child stayed with me and I hope it stays with you

Fortunately good cartoons are still out there now

One simply must look harder and treasure them like precious gems

Some are: Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke, Akyra, Family Guy, South Park,

Futurama, Disney's Atlantis, Heavy Metal, Venture Brothers and Cowboy Beebop

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Destiny's Design

Life has a path laid out for all of us

In which direction we don't know

There are many maps to guide us

And many leaders to show us where to go

The challenge is to find that design

To follow every cue, suggestion and sign

To find our perfect route to follow

We should look to our inner core

For our gut instinct and our inner voice

Are the pilot and co-pilot of our lives

That we need to pay most attention to

Next are our family, teachers and close friends

Take a moment each day to think this through

Even if only for 5-10 minutes at a time

This will be enough to prepare you for a better life

One of your building and design, no one else's

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A Writer's Keyboard

When idle it has nothing to say

No new words of wisdom or news to share

No new worlds to explore or tails to weave

Thankfully this keyboard has an avid writer

It never stays idle for long at all

For this is a ponderously prolific writer

One of the best that the world has ever known

His stories paints pictures better then any artist

His words weave the stories of legend

Brighter then the light of the sun

His words will set you free from all your struggles

Melting all your cares away like ice cream in the summer

His stories will lighten your weekly load

Of stress, worries and responsibilities

So kick back, take off your shoes and have a listen

To one of the greatest stories every told

It is a story of the young, middle-aged and the old

Of the brave, the bright and the very bold

It is a tale of a journey, an epic perilous adventure 

One for the ages, an epic of Homer's style

With sea voyages, beautiful exotics women and

Oh the things you'll see in this tale of tales

Creatures you've never heard of before and

Who will remain with you forever after

From apricot aging aglifliers, brown bezealbus

Enigmatic emporites, flaming flying fabroleans, 

Green guzzling gooblers, hip hopping hibblers,

To yellow yipplers and zagging ziggles

Oh and the characters are phenomenal 

So easily enchanting to entangle your imagination

There's someone to relate to for anyone and everyone

Short, wide, tall, bashful or boastful, there's a character for you

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Merry Madness

We waited in lines for hours

Prior to the ticket sales office opening

While friends of ours sat in front of home computers

Mice highlighting the right button in anticipation

We were all ready for that moment

When the tickets went on sale

For the concert of a lifetime

With all of our favorite bands playing 11AM-11PM

Finally the flood gates opened

Our planning and poise were well rewarded

Between the group of us we all got pit tickets

Mainly due to our vigilance and fast mouse clicking

After about a month of planning

The exciting, long awaited day finally arrived

We all met at the diner anxious to roll

After the City View Breakfast feast we were ready to go

Upon arriving in the parking lot

We weren't surprised to find a little chaos and mischief

There were bus loads full of people pouring out

Cars and kids from all over the country

If you wanted it, you could find it

There was everything from hot dogs, hamburgers

Sausages; cases, coolers and kegs of beer

To vans and tents filled with jewelry, piercings and concert CDs

Of course there were the less then legal things to see

Paraphernalia from all parts of the globe

From glassware blown in California  

To Deluxe Zippos from Australia 

After some good old tail-gating

And a few beers we headed in

Past the vendors and souvenirs we walked to happiness

To a a filled with chaos and pit merry madness

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A Technological Age

Life is moving faster each day

Computers process data quicker

GPS gets you there far better than any map

Language barriers are now digitally broken

 New acronyms are arising out of this digital age

You have a terrific variety to choose from:

AOL, AI, AIM, BRB, CD, CGI, DVD EMAIL, GMAIL to

LMAO, LOL, MAC, MP3, NANO, OS, PC, WYSIWYG, ETC

With new technology comes new connections

IPADS, IPhones, I-Shuffles and IPods

XBox 360, Sony PS3 and Nintendo WII

There's Deviant Art, Facebook, Flixster, LinkedIn and Twitter

You name your hobby, there's

A website or a blog for you

Everything from Appalachian hiking 

To zoo keeping and zoology

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Riddle Number#12-An Enigmatic Enchantress

She's been around for hundreds of years

She's made billions for those who have used her well

She comes in many phenomenal forms

She lives in many countries, but celebrated by one

She helps people across the world start their routines

Some of the many places you can find her are

In a cup, pill, soda, bag, can and many more

She has a growing number of helpful uses

She is the watchful guardian of the tired

Giving them a jolt of life in tired bones

She is the best friend of college students

During finals week at college across the globe

She is the staple of the office, the military and all

Efficient men and women in the work force

She is the fuel that the world truly runs on

Not oil, gas, electricity, wood or coal

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A Positive Mental Attitude At All Costs

Remember at all costs to keep a positive head

Even when the chips are down there is always a silver lining

There is a lesson to be learned from all accidents 

A positive mental message from all mistakes

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade

If life gives you rain grab an umbrella and a smile

Life is full of things to be happy about

You simply have to look around and see them

When you awake greet the day with a smile

And be happy to be alive and well

When it is hot out, be thankful for air conditioning

When it is cold out be thankful for heat

When it is raining be thankful for umbrellas and crops

When it is snowing be thankful for snowballs and hot cocoa

When you have a headache be thankful for pain pills

When you have a cold be thankful for warm blankets and soup

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Infectious Enthusiasm and Attitude

It will spread like a virus or the modern day common cold

But not in a negatively hurtful way like these two

Instead in a positive wave of happiness and enlightenment

Helping all of those who wonder into it's path

This I am describing is how helpful a positive attitude

Can be when used by the right person in

The right place and the right time with the right people

Which thankfully is the situation almost all of the time

I am also describing an enthusiastic attitude in the face of adversity

This adversity can take on many different forms such as

The people you meet during the day, the experience

You encounter or the things you see on TV

The key to wield these ever important weapons in

The vastly negative world of ours is  to 

Not sweat the small stuff and when stressed

Take a moment, breath deep and think it through

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Technologica, Part-1

Out of our long past

We have arisen to great heights

The year is 2099

We have conquered many things

Aging has become less of an issue

Now that the chemical has been removed back in 2030

People can now live to the ripe old age of 300

Or possibly longer…time will tell

Cars are a thing of the past

Since teleportation was invented in 2040

We are now in an efficient age

Where all menial tasks are handled by machines

Even the technicians to fix the machines

Are robots running off of nuclear power

When these robots break

They have nano robots that fix them

Interstellar travel became a reality

Back in 2020 when the company Frontiers invented it

The first trip out of our solar system was 2030

Passenger flights began in 2040

We had came a long way 

From our humble Sumerian beginnings

The sky was no longer the limit

And we now know we are not alone in the universe

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An Individual Community

We are all a bunch of individuals

Living in our own individual worlds

Going about our everyday life

Completely independent of those around us

Or are we really?

Or can we really  be completely individual?

Or has the definition of community simply grown,

With our contemporary, state-of-the art, digital 21st century?

We still may physically live in boroughs, villages

Towns, burgs, boondocks, ports, burbs or cities

But mentally we live on the digital frontier

Where physical distance is inconsequential

A place where similarities can bring us together

Across state lines, time zones and oceans

We have all become a part of a greater community 

In the greatest individual community…Earth!!

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I understand

Life is hard and the going gets tough

Life will put you through trials and tribulations

Sometimes you wonder will I make it?

I understand how you feel

LIfe pushes you through boundaries

You never knew you could or would cross

Life shapes you like a piece of clay

I understand the reason

Life will show you beauty beyond imagination

In the blink of an eye or the twinkle of a tear drop

Life can be shaped by you if you will it so

For the right goal I understand

Life can be better far better then we could ever dream

If we make our dreams the foundation this can be so

Life gives us the tools, we must simply find them

This I know and understand why

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You Can, You Have and You Will

You can achieve amazing things

You have it in you to change the world

You simply have to see the you others don't 

You have to see the inner you

The one you know exists within

Just itching to get out and make it happen

The one who has a beat all odds attitude

Just release your truest you

You have done amazing things

You've influenced the lives of others

You've helped people better themselves

You've given hope to those who had none

These things you have to write down

Look at one everyday to motivate you

Think of a way to help someone once a week

When you're better at it find a way once a day

You will because you are awesome

You are one of a kind and have innate talent

You have abilities you haven't even used yet

You can because you do it for everyone

The ability to multi-task will be redefined

A new definition will have to be created for what you do

Books will be written and movies will be made

And yet still others will wonder how you did it

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Believe In Better

Believe in faster cars

Believe in cars that fly

Believe in cars that drive themselves

Believe in cars that run renewable fuels

Believe in a world free of pollution

Believe in a world with healthy freshwater

Believe in all things being recyclable

Believe in a truly green world and economy

Believe in the power of one

Believe in what you can do

Believe in your contribution

Believe you can begin better

Believe in the power of one world

Believe in everyone working together

Believe in the end of war

Believe peace will begin and never end

Start by doing your part

Start one day at a time

Start by writing it down

Start by being the difference

Start by being there for a stranger

Start by volunteering for those in need

Start by getting others to hear your story

Start by believing you can

Start by pushing beyond your limits

Start by looking beyond race, color, creed and religion

Start by seeing this world belongs to all of us

Start by finding ways to work together one day at a time

Start by seeing how working as one can change things

Start by finding others who feel as you do

Start with a small group who you trust

Start now, start yesterday, start five years ago!!

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Summer Times

I packed up my gear with fun in the wild on my mind

The tent, sleeping bag, sleeping matt, Coleman stove

Marshmallows, cooler, hot dogs and camera were all packed

The only left things left were my hiking boots and a sense of adventure

 Soaking up the sun with ocean air in my lungs

Seagulls soaring overhead with dozens

Of sand crabs scurrying this way and that

I smiled without a care in the world

I was so anxious to go that night

The thought of popcorn and soda dancing in my mind

To enjoy my favorite films in the open air

As we pulled in I smiled thinking of days past

A brief stop at the Wawa on the way

To pick up all manner of assorted snacks

And the ever important toll money

With gas in our tank we were ready for the journey

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Riddle Number 11-The Riddle to Begin All Riddles

I have been here before you were born

I will be here long after you pass

I started out very simply constructed

I have evolved throughout the ages

I am not the who, the how or the what

Or the when, the where or they why

I am the name given these and more

I have a name for each and every thing

I record the history of man on clay tablets

Papyrus, cloth, paper and now I do digitally

I can be used to construct countries or 

Or everyday love letters

I can be simple or complex

Short or very long

I can be used as a build a weapon

Or used to bring loves ones closer

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I Will

I will achieve

Many things great and small

I will open the doors of possibility

For those who have never known it

I will rip through obstacles

Like a child opening Christmas presents

I will leap over the walls of adversity

Like an Olympic hurdler going for the gold

I will bridge the gap

Between purpose and procrastination

I will see with eyes unclouded

Potential where others only see deadends

I will seized the power of now

By living each moment to the fullest

I will harness the power of efficiency

To achieve amazingly high-levels of multi-tasking 

I will build bridges of friendship

Where others seek to build walls of adversity

I will seek the wisdom of the ages

To guide me on paths few have traveled

I will live the life I've always dreamed

By taking steps toward them each day

I will achieve higher levels of fitness

Then I ever thought I could or would

I will continuously seek self improvement

Through reading, classes, degrees and travel

I will forever remain optimistic

In my mind's eye the glass is always half full

I will read this every morning

I will show it to everyone

It is my mission to 

Make this your mission

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Building A Beast

I go to the gym

One hour and one day at a time

I curl two 80-lb dumbbells

I bench one barbell with two plates

On run days I double knot my Adidas

Crank up my ITunes library

Turn up the RPMs on the treadmill

And I enter a world free of all traces of stress

On leg days I remember why

Squats hurt more later

Calf muscles need attention too

And how you can never stretch enough

The gym is my home away from home

I go there with my fellow fitness gurus

Drinking my well mixed protein shake

Along with gallons and gallons of water

We sculpt our arms, legs and bodies

Like Michaelangelo chiseling out David

With our pain, sweat and tears

We find inner as well as outer strength

We build our mental confidence

In unison with our physical muscles 

After the treadmill we shed away pounds

As well as the stress of a day's work

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