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Marigolds were yours...
A crispy silver moonlight shone
upon the frosty leaves...
she slept beneath where the wisteria grew,
and woke with the blackbird's chorus...
Black bull stands steaming
in the daylight...
Into the ether and into the night
I tried to escape and to make this all right...
I never understood the mess we made,
Nor could I come to terms with all we lost...
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Through the lanes and twixt the groves...
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All through the woods and twixt the brooks...
With measured verse, I tried to make you hear
But meter fell to unromantic yards...
It wasn't wind or misty roads
That led me from your path...
have a party for me when I am gone,
happy in the knowledge that I...
spring's bluebells
carpet the...