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Created on: May 05, 2010
A blue slab,
A yellow ball,
And a cloud
Play shifting games overhead,
Turning fields from stadiums to tombs
When the cloud covers the ball,
Turning despair to hope
When the slab absorbs the cloud.
The slab darkens at night;
The ball bounces over each day,
But the stochastic cloud ensures
That nothing will be the same.
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