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Post Number: 3608 Registered: 11-1998
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Honorable Mention Gravity Calling Simon Cooper Gravity calls and downward all, it goes Tumbling out Like eveninglight's final death throes My woes, such as they are That it must end This grand assembly of families and friends And here it lies, my love, my life Soft beside Under enamel and eyes closed tight Essential, vital, potential bride Everything in her heart is right Everything in each cloud is white Silvered sun, rippling wan Over capitol riverbank Further inward, lesser on Where in an earlier time I've gone To witness the courtship of the swan Little child woken now, and I Lent me her felts for what I feel Writing it down before it vanishes Would that it weren't a bigger deal Nothing is gone I will live on Every waking hour enhanced Taking a leap on every chance Taking a leaf before I fall Friends of my heart, I love you all Laugh at me yes, but with your love When I fall down please pull me up When I walk tall please hold me straight When I am due, accept me late Never forget this august date (Short by a week but words belie What seminal days fall in July) Now for a red the child will cry And she will wonder, maybe, why Did that strange stranger write and write Likes someone given to speaking on And on again on again maybe on Envelope opened Audience gone I only answer with a smile Happiness beaming from within Lines on my cheeks Enough for weeks Of holding anticipation still Where on my way I found my will I'll never know, but...hold until Here is the rub and here's the end You are my love, my life, my friend You are my love, my life, my friend You are my love, my life, my friend You are my love, my life, my friend Gravity calls We all descend.
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