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poetry: january 1, 2009
January 01, 2009
temporal
temporal
georgiou emptied the bins - coffee cups,
crushed cans, mickeys, wrappers, paper tissues
and sweeeping the Nathan Phillips Square
gathered frozen kisses, melting sighs,
discarded resolutions and shouted greetings
that had ushered in the first day of an uncertain year
as he went about methodically he knew he'd survive
- as would most in the west, relatively unscathed
the future is full of long shadows
for those in occupied Gaza, Somalia,
Darfur, FATA, Afghanistan, Iraq...
the world has shuttered the window
blinds drawn
wish you and those around youhaving put in his hours in the chill
health and peace for the coming months
georgiou smiled pensively, took off work gloves
changed and went home
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tanay
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January 2, 2009
02:14 AM
the future is full of long shadows for those in occupied Gaza.....
Amitabh Mitra
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January 2, 2009
10:20 AM
A great poem
temporal
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January 2, 2009
10:14 PM
thank you tanay and amitabh:
wish you and all civilians everywhere peace and health
Presenttips
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October 27, 2009
02:08 PM
Very nice post thanks for the information
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