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Unread 04-03-2001, 04:52 PM
MacArthur MacArthur is offline
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...okay, here's a try.

Evening in Provence
(or anywhere else)


I recall only a sullen and lonely childhood
-- long summer evenings in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Any voices from this time are stolen
by my retreating dreams.

Each morning I awake saddened.
If all time is at once, as sages have said,
then did the old man sleeping exist always
to haunt the impatient steps of childhood?

And if all time is at once,
does the boy exist still to break my heart?


[This message has been edited by MacArthur (edited April 03, 2001).]
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