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pumpkin poem

my son is dead and i am going blind
i fill this cup
for i was a gaunt, grave councillor
out of the deep and the dark
i made a vow once, one only
she limps with halting painful pace
in your arms was still delight
had he and i but met
simplicity
the light withdrawn
and so it goes

 



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