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Trying

by Miller Williams

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The husband and wife had planned it for a long time.
The message was folded into a paper boat.
The children were all asleep. In the backyard
they put the boat in the pool. We are here. Save us.




Quotes of the Day

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.
• Theodore Dreiser


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