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Created on: July 13, 2010 Last Updated: April 22, 2011
Do not whisper your name
In a gust of despair
Do not try to compare
Your love with flame
Do not try to shout down
Your pain and clamor
And cover your frown
With a smile of armor
Your endeavor to shield
Against pain and regret
Is catching wind in a field
With a butterfly net.
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