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Hiroshi Kawasaki

A LEADEN FENCE

Words wish in words
that
they hadn’t been born
words.
They wish they’d rather been born
steep leaden walls.
And –
after that
they sigh a single sigh which is not a word.

A LEADEN FENCE

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A LEADEN FENCE

Words wish in words
that
they hadn’t been born
words.
They wish they’d rather been born
steep leaden walls.
And –
after that
they sigh a single sigh which is not a word.

A LEADEN FENCE

Words wish in words
that
they hadn’t been born
words.
They wish they’d rather been born
steep leaden walls.
And –
after that
they sigh a single sigh which is not a word.
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