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Gauge Joy

With much protest and annoyance

Backed up to a marked wall

Gauge joy with graphite lines

Escalating in modest steps

Time passing without haste

Lines increase inch by inch

And before you can grasp the moment

Little joy grows up

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Published: Sep 10, 2015
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