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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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$ ~/ a8 O" w* x! d" z$ cI want to grow you a tree,
3 \. I2 Y# E$ e# E; T2 K+ n1 ?+ D. LAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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/ C5 q8 Y- D) X0 \ w" t7 W9 RA husband you've never met, but someday will,
$ G$ h& {; I$ B) xA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, - g% e& u4 p# E- q' Q# C$ X
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
+ ?! |# Y" x( Ewatching you, protecting your fragile smile.% ?9 z; h' h' b+ M
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,7 F7 \. q; @& m/ X2 N
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He will understand all this about you:9 G) O* b, h+ `* B
Your fear, your hope,
" V3 e' @4 I1 A7 H& B& K6 [Your kindness, your need for space.
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3 ?# L5 ]6 B6 {+ J' Z0 PIn your mind, you've been left before. 6 j8 D" Z# s& g6 b" j$ ~
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
2 d6 u+ `( v9 @3 M# Y: jYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, % T, Z! a7 F" z
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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. ~" V8 z( a9 K+ l( @he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ) X+ n$ A+ K6 ?5 {. S7 P
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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