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That wind
is the dream
- the rain,
solitary drops
on the maple /
thick june night
- the end -
*
candle
and breath
- more than enough /
quiet midnight:
the bells ringing, three times
for the cat
sitting on the mat with me,
ringing out her ninth life
- ringing in the void
*
the steady darkness
- the bells ringing,
her labored purrs /
all else
is too much to bear
tonight....
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(c)1997 r.a. evers