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April 13, 2017
By CleoD SILVER, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Give me paper and pencil
And I will bleed my thoughts
Out onto the page
But if you don’t give me time
To contemplate
And soak in
The words
I will still
Be just as sad
As I was before
If not more
So give me time
That I may
Climb back up
To the heights
Of happiness

© Michael H., Mildford, CT

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