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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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! @5 C6 P) [1 `3 K) W' qI want to grow you a tree,
3 x; M1 m. r0 f5 ], E1 HAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:2 G, b$ _7 ?4 F$ ~
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, : {6 }( O; D! v+ x/ @0 q; j
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
3 k/ b/ ^: q) [+ \1 v) y4 tBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
1 M" z3 m- V" @watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
% B( s' |" S: K' b" WHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
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6 |4 J- U, V, L9 f. _5 GYour kindness, your need for space.
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( l% [, ^5 a+ i: vIn your mind, you've been left before. 7 \* I5 d" I4 B/ u( |; I6 N
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely-- k8 Y+ N/ n! J+ ?8 e, w) N
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 7 ^7 i: R9 S" }+ d5 @: G& t
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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# N5 H6 ]5 I' @7 i! q" K* vhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. % T) ~7 w7 }4 f4 d; M
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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