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THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK

THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK

Runs to no compass point

But starts within the human heart

Where travellers in twos may go

As for a while it winds beside

A man-made road then veers aside

We met at a cross-roads once and journeyed

Together for a while across a moor

And then on horseback sadly you waved adieu.



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Poem THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK - Barry Tebb
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