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Little Slate Village

When I was five, and you were eight

You took my hand and said, "come with me"

Over the stile and on the floor, lay a pile of slate

Forgotten.

 

Together we built a little slate village

For non-existent people to do non-existent things

And within that architecture of simple stone,

We built our sibling dreams

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May 19, 2013
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