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Morning Poem #48
cold bed
Gray day
Memories
Of “birds of prey”
Talk for the sake
Of words shaping
Mouth moving
Thoughts changing
Energy moving
Outside of self
Talk for the sake
Of a warm bed
A sanny day
And memories
Of birds at play
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