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The Lehigh is chaffing at the shoulders of her banks Swollen with mood of mud brown and flat and far too fast She tore those young girls from their rafts Decorated the trees of a midstream island with them hanging on like the leaves and silt once did Their cries swallowed as she roared past harvesting souls with clinging hands Chosen to be victim Chosen for a reason to be spared
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Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018 at 7:58 PM UTC
River Rescue
The Lehigh is chaffing at the shoulders of her banks Swollen with mood of mud brown and flat and far too fast She tore those young girls from their rafts Decorated the trees of a midstream island with them hanging on like the leaves and silt once did Their cries swallowed as she roared past harvesting souls with clinging hands Chosen to be victim Chosen for a reason to be spared
To see the news story, cut and paste the link. https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2018/08/all_accounted_for_fire_chief_s.html
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Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018 at 7:58 PM UTC
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