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MARY FINDLAY'S POEMS
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Various minimalist poems on various subjects.
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The poetess, age unknown, lives in or about Ottawa Ontario Canada.
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Mary is represented on this server by her agent ad522@freenet.carleton.ca.
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Her agent is the producer of Cropduster, a zine also available on this server.
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Steve,
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Here is the blurb you requested.
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Re: myself
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As a child, I was frequently told that I would "sup sorrow."
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Personally, I can't think of a better start for a poet than guaranteed sorrow
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(with time-out for braggadocios).
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3. A Corner
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Yesterday, we
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worked the light
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to paradigm, a
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bead furnishing
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a corner.
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Then darkness
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rolled the premises,
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work
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to
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light
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extinguished.
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33.
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All Fall Up
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Fidgets swelling
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craws.
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Riverwinds
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gone to heaven.
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All fall up.
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4. A Lullaby for Chaos
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When chaos
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builds and
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babies sleep
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through riddling
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times like these,
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could there be
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a pause between eternities?
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5.A Smile
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To close the
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tiger's mouth,
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put your
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feet straight
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down;
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feet
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to
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mouth,
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mouth
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to
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feet.
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Document
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a smile.
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7. Celestial Toys
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My neighbour sat
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in his kitchen, facing
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me.
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Behind us was a
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wall calendar, well-
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marked.
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Though my neighbour's
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days were devoted to
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celestial toys, he
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kept them in a
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golf cart.
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So rumor concluded. Doggo Bags
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The crowd
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paused, leaving
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the route
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to him,
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to her, and
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their lovely
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things: doggo
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bags and
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candy stores.
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-
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Then darkness
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came and
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love became
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a mound,
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jelly to
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the touch,
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sticky hands
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or raisins
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34.
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For the Giantess
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For the giantess (now immobile),
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an extended
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berth is a
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drop from
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daily ironing
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boards to
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her nearby
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tooth: majesty,
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largely in
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its own time.10. Holey Gunk
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Wash to bow,
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out we pop.
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Fronting
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squalls-
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Grounding
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land-
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Outside-
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pop to squeals,
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we audition
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gunk to
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holey gunk,
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beyond bubble lake.
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Residence6.Homely Light
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The child folded
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green.
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Over green,
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crisscross;
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flip-flops
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to homely
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light.
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Square to floor
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employed.
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To encourage
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controversy,
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the child paused-
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in mischief lay
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safety.
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23.
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I am the Tour
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Because the
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tour didn't come,
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I am the tour-
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wheeling the ever-
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no-never, not quite.
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21.
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IS BEANY BACK FROM THE MALL?
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Somehow,
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this question (carefully printed on an envelope)
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deserved
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another.
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ROLLED OR NOT?
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There was a
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pause (for vodka)
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then INTER STATE (for the envelope).
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Correspondence
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completed,
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the writer
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slid the
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envelope down
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the scarlet
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gullet of a
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mailbox,
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dedicated
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to loose ends-
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posted INTER (kiss) STATE.
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14,000 rather brief poems
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First, corners
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where there were
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no corners.
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Then, apples
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for Dandy,
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plus stories
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for the first
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100 children
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to surround
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the house.
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The poems?
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Ben and I
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divvied them.
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Fortunately,
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we think alike.
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27.
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1.a.m. in T......
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The conjuror's
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tale began
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when donatives,
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L.....s - (3);
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E........s - (4);
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M......s - (2);
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R........s -(5);
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appeared on
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warm spots,
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freed from mice.
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20.
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LLaP
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Behind me,
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early shade
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left no
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flare for
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L
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A
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P
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A
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A
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P
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Freeze.
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River playing ice.
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8. Local Galaxies
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To transmit,
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or not to
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transmit-
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To come
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or to go-
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Within our
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universe, darkness
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has expanded a
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lack of address.1.Lunar Exploration
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Entail the silver.
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Candle my sisters, one
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by
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one.
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Slide to grace.
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13.
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News of the Lake
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Just past
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fingers and ripples,
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their shadows
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furled ringers-
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News of the Lake-
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News of the Lake.
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28.
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O to N
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On the golden
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way, the afternoon
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burns a whisper
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for first times,
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memories without owners.
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To clarify,
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I am now
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in a hotel
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pool, adjacent
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to one fence,
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and a freeway.
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Answer me soon.
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Sniffle by sniffle,
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merman to merman.
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22.
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Out the Door
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First, your
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ringlets bind-
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ageing a
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dutiful heart.
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pause-
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Wind and
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cold fall home.
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Catch-
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catch-
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can't-
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catch-up.
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24.
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Palaver
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Back then,
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there was palaver,
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and there was marriage.
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Not until
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no.3 (spouse),
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was good news
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within her reach.
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Pre-Checkout List
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3: a.m.
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The sweetest
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pillow fibers
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make strawberry
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molars.
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5: a.m.
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I pour
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baby powder
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on a
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24 hour-
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teal blue rug.
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7: a.m.
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The better
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day is
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powder.
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And of
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course, still
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accountable,
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only to me.17.
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Radio-Off
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Dim-Dim
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Dim-widdy-boom.
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radio-off.
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0 news
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(silent)
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My love
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and I
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are . ------- .
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by windows
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and a yard.
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0 news
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(silent)
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He is in his room.
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Here, a fly
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blips our space.
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Somewhere, life
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goes on.
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30.
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R. meet R.
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Red-bender meet Red-bender-
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Is this
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a shifty,
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faster you?
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Back-
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time;
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red
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past
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red;
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Tomorrow's
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sorrows
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in yesterday's
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bed.
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26.
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Shall We Shine?
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Answer me soon.
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In time to
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dance Big Bear's
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starry, starry babies.
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31.
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Spell Cow.
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To read their history-
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Spell cow.
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Spell vanity.
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Unfortunately, our
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editor kills all
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3 and six- letter
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words.
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Can we catch up?
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Delete the editor.
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Spell cow.
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Spell vanity.
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18.
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THE END?
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Did we weep
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for our star?
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Affirmative.
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Obviously,
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the little
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angel had
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just enough
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strength
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to die on
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Sunday School property.
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If Grampy's
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back forty (empty)
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was THE END,
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what use was
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our angel's calling?
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25.
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Time by Chance
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Bounded
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by giants,
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by bridges,
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by lovers,
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by mourning-
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an elephant
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screams time
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by chance.
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29.
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Time on the Wall
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After they
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left, shadows
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collated silence.
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Later, silence
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remained an
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event: highlighted
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by dust to
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dust, porcelain
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on a wall.
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16.
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The Top of the Hour
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I mean rock-
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hard, from oogle-
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boogle to cosmic
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sink.
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Meanwhile,
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the lakeshore's
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black slick
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pitches the
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top of the hour.
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Gravitas.
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At the top
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of the hour,
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the ice packpacks.
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12. Untitled
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As usual,
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we parted ways.
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No mystery there.
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His circle
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led north,
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mine, south.
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When the
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merger closed
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both, something
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strolled home.2.Voyage
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Beyond the reef
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we sunk color.
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When azure dropped,
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cobalt followed.
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Then deep
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water darkened
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to voyage.
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Behind the
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outriggers,
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a sheeny wake
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passed yesterday.
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11. Webster
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By lamplight,
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I observed descent,
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a transaction between
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voyage and diet.
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Voyage;
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Wheelings;
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Homely meals;
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To close, I
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will sign: webster's
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big night, secund.9. What Moved the Stone
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Between the
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stone and
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the milk,
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is a
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hiatus: ten
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million years,
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less than
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my dates,
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more than
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my debits.
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As archival
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neighbours,
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we include
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everything.15.
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When Shadows Fall
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You asked about
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our body politic,
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taxable Princess,
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Elsewhere.
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Elsewhere. This
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isn't called
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the punishment
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capital, for
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nothing.
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After, happily
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ever after,
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restrictions
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apply.
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32.
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A Whisper for First Times
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What did
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I hear when
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I closed
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the hotel door?
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A whisper
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for first times-
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irretrievable
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experience,
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lost without
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amendment.
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