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and the tailor
did stitch seams
so well
to the tears
of her brokenness
he employed
a repairing thread
which bought
solace to her soul
that had been
so badly shredded

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sutures of fondness
sewed into her heart's
deep distress
each one bringing
a lightening to her
infernal mess
his cotton of tenderness
did so well coalesce

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his restorative yarn
patched her heart's fabric
with such kindness
for she'd been hurt
her heart rendered to bits
his silken affections
mended it

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the heart is such
a delicate *****
it can be dealt
much ghastliness
with the application
of a good man's stitching
it can be again
stabilized