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Why didn't I Wake?


The sun rose alone

Without me for a day

Blue moths shielded it with pardon.

The sun rose alone

Till falling water scattered’m aroun’

Like palm breaths kissing away:

The sun rose alone

Without me for a day. 

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Jade Alexander Flamenco

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