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I yield the balance of my page

I sigh in measured time,

bemuse myself with rhyme.

Of pains I make a parlor play;

with words I while an hour away.

Leave me to my cliches.

They comfort me these days.

To shocking shards and blocks of rage,

I yield the balance of my page.

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Published: Nov 24, 2010
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Notes: 24 November 2010

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