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Long ago, a golden boy
whispered: stay away or
Else.
What schedule? Dare to remove it.
It might fly away if,
I don’t chew on it:
It never troubles the mind
as a virgin aspen soothes a heated dog.
Now I too may see seventy
I have a life and desire no other.
Balance, toujours balance,
It’s not the big stick
that wins the day
It’s how …
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