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Walking through meadows
just before sunrise, is worth
some wet trouser cuffs.

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I met a rabbit
this morn, in a dew-y glen,
I nodded, he hopped.

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Pies on windowsills
send aromas wafting through
a nearby schoolyard.

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Inside of your mind
are vast landscapes to explore.
discover yourself.

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Can we ever let
Love truly know our hearts? Must
shadows' hints suffice?

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His mind still wanders
but knows not to stray too far
from the neighborhood.

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Why not happiness?
Each day it IS an option.
Let yourself choose it.

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Sometimes I forget
my youth has abandoned me ...
and I walk alone.

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Its been a long day
and we've both said way too much ...
we should go to bed.

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Ten, Jack, Queen, King ... Four.
(sigh) It's time to leave the game
and settle my debts.

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Under the table,
she rubbed her foot 'gainst his leg,
hoping' he'd poker.

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A humid morning,

across the street, some workers

sip coffee and smoke.

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Her winter sweaters

neatly folded, placed with care

in a cedar chest.

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Anguished and in pain,

she never thought that her life

would end up like this.

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Coral begonias

offer a quiet contrast

to those yellow mums.

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Dilapidated,

that grist mill at river's edge,

once fed a small town.

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She has such a smile,

it can send him to the moon.

So, he makes her laugh.

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