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Feb 2020
Richer than a platinum mountain,
more wealthy than a Sheik

The words I’m gifted lie bejeweled,
a fortune by their weight

No King or Titan, Earl endowed,
could match my treasured chest

Each word an ingot, phrase a bar
—my verse the Lord’s bequest

(St. David’s Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
Kurt Philip Behm
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Kurt Philip Behm  kurtphilipbehm.com
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     jordan and Junior McIntyre
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