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Leaf Doctor
by Paul Cameron BrownYou said happiness was a bird
- a hand extended
could bend its perch.
span the perfect wings.
I spoke of swallows.
lived off flies
ebbed when flying.
seldom came to rest.
You said happiness was a bird
- a hand extended
could bend its perch.
span the perfect wings.
I spoke of swallows.
lived off flies
ebbed when flying.
seldom came to rest.