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Touch removed
from the water, but the rings
... the rings!

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But, here it is
this cold I wanted
... this cold, this unkind cold.

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Tell of train windows
stains streaking, the streaks staining
... by and by and on.

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Everything spoken
scavenged by merciless winds
and thrust into the hearts of trees.

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