elliot r. wolfson
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on one foot dancing

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father time


father time
too brief
your breath
on earth
be spent
shunning birth
summoning death
in truth that lie
lackluster in womb
that lie in truth
rejuvenated in tomb
thy work be done
thy tale be spun
thine heart be still
no more not to will
this time that come
in passing of time

20 may 2005


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