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Published: Jul 28, 2014

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Scratch off the silver
lining to show
the tarnishing underneath

Like peregrine stems
we work our way through
to start sapping spirit from trees

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LadyMurasaki1

Sep 27, 2014

A very thought-provoking wee poem.

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