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Created on: December 09, 2011
Eyes low and mute
Tears bobbing behind reddened frames
The sobbing like birds calling
as they rest on weak, black branches
Your name resounds
claiming the fullness of the room
Bodies slack as drooping flowers
without you, their mend
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