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The Sifting Sands

By hellotica

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The Sifting Sands                   Jace left without a trace                   not even a face                   would ever recall him                   Wayne left on a train                   he loved so but in vain                   now resolved but insane                   he wants only to find her                   Will searched on a hill                   lived for the thrill                   but ended up a kill                   for the winter chill                   that easily found him                   I knew a man half alone                   sifting sand splitting stone                   now lost in a quagmire                   of bleaching bone                   written on a marker was                   you can never go home                   (but who would want to anyway)                   Round the bend and broken hearted                   I wish these things had never started                   or from the past I'd never parted                   I'm like a cold stiff body                   thats been carted                   to someplace it knows not where                   but doesn't want to be Written March 8th, 2002 © on Mar 08 2002 01:59 PM PST   17 • 0 • 10

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