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Calling Jake | Poem

  
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Calling Jake

 hello jake, can you hear me
 here i am in
 heaven's quarters
 hearing music in the laughter
 of the breezes

 hello jake, can you see me
 on the ramp in
 Hashville, Texas
 hearing cries of prisoners
 in their cages

 and yet...our flowers...bloom

- Summer Breeze