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Place in the road.(Poem)

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| September 10, 2007 | Gilley, Ted | COPYRIGHT 2007 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
   PLACE IN THE ROAD 
 
   I only just felt the body shiver through the car's frame: 
   a second's interruption, then that sorry, sick feeling. 
 
   How stupid it all seems. 
   They streak across the road-- 
   something I would never do. 
 
   And yet-- 
 
   I'd snatch a child from danger, 
   dash into the road, give my life for a child's. 
   Or for X over there, whom I hate. 
 
   I'd like to be free of the only thing I know. 
   Wouldn't you give up your life, too? 
   Wouldn't you want even a stranger to have it? 
 
   Doesn't it seem as though the breath ...

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