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I was not surprised at all
we waited many years
worrying only about the workaround the world flowing round us in its current although harmonious
a suitable background
or perverse escape
from neglect
like breakfast on Mike’s boat
or Charlie’s poetry
I always came back to that house of ours full of free will and your consent
with smiles and passion
while the British day rained
and the canal might overflow
my head protected by a hat
with Oxford feather decoration door stamped with initials in wax while at the window hung a lifeline our secrett
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