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Rapture
within agony -
agony within rapture.

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Sad must in a smile -
glad must
in the fatal mile.

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A shadow
peeled
even from the mighty mountain.

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Moment's fling with day
deep night returns
to sleep with the apples.

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Shimmer and shadow -
those eternal envies
coveting chance edges.

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