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Crooked

By Al Aaraaf

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held this life crooked against trees tall, grasses slight beings unbent to mineIt's all haiku-y. SweetSadness posted it under her name, but she can delete it now. If she wants to. I guess. This one's shorter than my others, but it's supposed to be that way. I think. Waking up is fun. Written February 2nd, 2002 © on Feb 02 2002 10:28 AM PST   10 • 0

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