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tobacco spirit | Poem

 
 
 
 

"wheels"
 

learning to express the pain

(we are all in pain)

scaring children to be good

is there a softer way

mammals are born wanting good

seeds that are forced best be atoned

now is easier than 7 generations later

soft tears of a kind

good vurk of a kind

"with praises I'll sing halajula,

when I climb the last mountain of time,

and I view that far country submime..."
 

"wheels"
 

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- Abuela Musica
10 April 2000
 

image of stork to abuela..... to Moongate image of stork