Don't waste your sympathy.
	I'll live without it.

	Just don't remind me.
	'Cause I'm not thinkin' about it.

	"Don't give up," words I live by.
	I'm obsessive about it.

	I'll stand strong with what I believe.
	And never doubt it.

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		Poem © Lisa Hartsock 2000
			[lh-chan@mechapilot.com]

	Do not redistribute without premission.