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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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1 N3 `7 `4 c% x6 z- pI want to grow you a tree,
& ^( s: {7 d# M. V1 sAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:: ]5 ?& h7 g0 Q% D
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
. l3 J5 M1 L! Q* W) {6 J% _' T& oA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, . d' Q( b% f4 z
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
! E, ^9 i; h% Owatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
2 o* C! ]" o6 u# W6 ]8 D% yHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
3 h1 A% J, [2 Y/ F: S4 G" J" P9 m! vYour fear, your hope,
4 p) @1 e3 L2 A, ^; j6 AYour kindness, your need for space.) w6 Z7 Y( r) G: x( r2 D8 ?
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In your mind, you've been left before. 7 N3 x& N- h: v$ _
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
0 M2 V% o1 ?- \! D# uYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
& ^- q' A1 w/ u9 T3 g0 z7 `+ RYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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/ v" k% ~( G8 R' |; She will understand all this. I will understand all this. 1 i* K8 d: |. L1 p/ j6 }
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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