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   mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
      
   > > W.Dockery wrote:   
   > > HarryLime wrote:   
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   > >> You haven't deleted anything   
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   > > I deleted your vandalism and restored the original text:   
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   > Star Child Memory   
   >   
   > Snapshot of a moment   
   > an outdoor poetry reading   
   > in early Spring 1996.   
   > Glimmering stars   
   > and looming moon   
   > through the gloom.   
   >   
   > Passing through   
   > in that cavern   
   > of concrete, glass and brick   
   > off Broadway.   
   > I join the poetry reading   
   > already in progress.   
   >   
   > There's a hush in the air   
   > as we approach.   
   > Star Child and her friends   
   > standing with me   
   > on the sidewalk.   
   >   
   > Glimmering stars above us   
   > Springtime   
   > constellations.   
   > Poets sit in a circle   
   > in the alley   
   > behind Bazaar Earth.   
   >   
   > In those early days   
   > so late in the game.   
   >   
   > But I couldn't remain   
   > back then   
   > I had to keep on moving.   
   > I told them they couldn't get   
   > high enough   
   > to float with me.   
   >   
   > Star Child twinkled and tweaked   
   > skipping by me   
   > in that spangled night.   
   > Stopping at the parking meter   
   > waving goodbye.   
   >   
   > -Will Dockery   
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   > Original text restored.   
      
      
      
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