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words.
\nborrowed and recycled only
\nthey are a poor and crooked outline
\nof my dot-to-dot understanding
\nand web through which I see the world<\/p>\n
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A dozen pilgrims pass me,
\nstrange glances they leave me,
\nexcept for one who stops to ask,
\n“Why? What do you look at?”<\/p>\n
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Some prefer strings of pearls and diamonds,
\nadorning a long neck or slender wrist.
\nBut I will ever swoon first,
\nfor the morning’s dew-laced web,
\non the snow-white skin of dawn’s fog.<\/p>\n
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Not a fault of my French, but for forgiveness of all languages,
\nI sigh a wish to the world where words are stunned mute, and silences speak.
\nBut my wish is a coin,
\ntossed into a well of unfathomable depth,
\nand with the padded softness and simplicity,
\nof that same coin’s awkward splash,
\nI reply; “Je l’aime.”
\nAnd put my pen to paper,
\nlet its point sit and bleed,
\nadding one more crude period,
\nto my dot-to-dot understanding,
\nof this immaculate vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
words. borrowed and recycled only they are a poor and crooked outline of my dot-to-dot understanding and web through which I see the world A dozen pilgrims pass me, strange glances they leave me, except… <\/p>\n