Agree with Sheila: lovely piece, carefully restrained, felt.
Doug
On 2012-05-02, at 7:36 AM, Jill Jones wrote:
> for s.l.
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> Closing time debates the
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> Patterned pain nor can
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> Songs necessary whisper
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> Always write horizon
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> Travelling and currents.
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> Take better joy.
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> Take water’s thousand.
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> This book of night stings
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> Over wrack into my mind
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> Can set new travelling
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> Thus hard true.
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Douglas Barbour
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