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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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* a" U2 h# K: i% r; t# dI want to grow you a tree,
w6 [8 p) m/ W. L' pAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:8 c# j# `: m. l2 g! W; ^" u
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, " \; k# W8 B& T( h, k% R) j
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
8 I: G/ r# i+ zBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
: ^" ]9 L3 y& }6 G! t3 n: b! @watching you, protecting your fragile smile.0 d: Y8 {: r6 E8 u+ \+ ]
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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2 y5 P2 ~ x6 Z. YHe will understand all this about you:
3 a( M( D) L5 O! b+ B& `- bYour fear, your hope,1 J' n. U0 G& n) {' {# k6 l# p
Your kindness, your need for space.! k% o: Y3 p {2 A5 m! \. T$ v/ F
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In your mind, you've been left before. 9 c3 c8 n2 D' e! V }
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
5 O1 i& b2 a8 B% F& F: xYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
7 w$ l' H, Y$ l$ X# J! \/ xYou feared you hadn't earned them. ! p/ I7 |0 j# _8 U
+ E5 I8 O, R: @, ohe will understand all this. I will understand all this. 0 O' Q# {, V6 p9 P- H: |0 |! V8 ~
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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