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    Falling Asleep Alone
    Falling Asleep Alone
    Falling Asleep Alone
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    Falling Asleep Alone

    By Elisha Shumaker

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    Second release by poet, Elisha Shumaker

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElisha Shumaker
    Release dateSep 2, 2011
    ISBN9781466080119
    Falling Asleep Alone
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    Elisha Shumaker

    Eli Shumaker was born and raised in Upstate New York. He is equipped with a soul that feeds on adventure. Eli appreciates the finer things in life, such as sunshine, well crafted beer and coffee. Eli currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

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      Falling Asleep Alone - Elisha Shumaker

      Falling Asleep Alone

      Elisha Shumaker

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Elisha Shumaker

      Artwork by Anny Olsen

      More work by this author available at A Poet’s Tree House

      Smashwords Edition  License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Falling Asleep Alone

      My Delight

      Vanishing

      Muted

      Letting Go

      The Jacket

      Imagination

      Illuminate

      Lucifer’s Spoil

      Perfect Summer Day

      The Rough Draft

      Living on the Fringe

      Bend

      Captivate Me

      Insomnolence

      Learn to Soar Again

      River’s Flow

      Familiarity

      On The Chemung

      Predator

      Beyond the Dusk

      # 7

      Consecutive Attempts at Living

      Smoldering

      Finding My Reflection

      My Lovely Pirate Bride

      Eat Fresh?

      Poet’s Celebration

      Cross this Moat; I Dare You

      Bitter Distaste

      Surrender

      Her Only

      Regret

      Disconnected

      beau.ti.ful

      Can This Be Real?

      Broken Sabbath

      What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been

      Jenny’s Farewell

      # 4

      Pussy on a Pedestal

      Unbearable Distance

      Criminal

      The Cove of Serenity

      Slivers & Shards

      The Beauty of Contentment

      Fleeting Mystique

      It was Just my Imagination…

      Plip Plop

      S.O.S.

      She Steals Me

      Spelunking

      Humpty Dumpty had a Great Fall

      Infinite Korea Nights

      Praise to the Sun

      Beguiled Hope

      # 3

      My Demise

      Ascension Progression

      At the Cafe

      What was

      Poem 2

      Put Another Nail in the Coffin

      Take-Off

      I Can’t Hear U

      Sarah Smiles

      The Breaking

      Less is More

      The Consequences of Weathering

      Denny’s 3:43 a.m.

      To Yearn

      Pressure Cooker

      J-Walkin’

      Cellular Disintegration 1

      Cellular Disintegration 2

      Cellular Disintegration 3

      My Shoelaces are Intact

      Lovely Lorenzo Nights

      Vagabond’s Dilema

      Dreams of an End

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