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I am Growing

by Staff Star Herald
12 years ago

 SH NIE BANNER

I am Growing

By Thomas Patenaude
Sixth-grader
Presque Isle Middle School
I am growing

I see plateaus and mountains
I struggle with war
I have been in many wars
I want to be a democratic government
I am growing

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