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Author: Natalie Portman
Fiction Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Reviews: 9 - Published: 04-29-03 - Updated: 04-29-03 - id:1291726
The List

They wanted me dead

Because I was feeble

They said I was inferior

Because I was not as mighty as they were

They can't frighten me anymore

Because I am already dead

They hate me

Because I am not dead yet

They don't know that I will never die

Because I will be remembered

And they will let me die

Because I will not be on a list

Yes, even the best among them lets me die

Because I am not on his List.

When you save a life, you don't save the world. . .



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