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I listened to a man who was terminally sick, And he wanted to talk politics. But I was focused on the stars And how they'd fall like grains of sand; And then I heard the woeful wind, Plaintiff as this breathless man. And I was sad That the stars did not fall To mark the passing of our time, For it has no real face and hands, Or wings to fly on, or legs to run. Yet rushes at us like politicians; Perhaps that's what he said.
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Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018 at 4:30 PM UTC
No Face, Hands or Legs
I listened to a man who was terminally sick, And he wanted to talk politics. But I was focused on the stars And how they'd fall like grains of sand; And then I heard the woeful wind, Plaintiff as this breathless man. And I was sad That the stars did not fall To mark the passing of our time, For it has no real face and hands, Or wings to fly on, or legs to run. Yet rushes at us like politicians; Perhaps that's what he said.
francie-lynch
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Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018 at 4:30 PM UTC
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