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Empty

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye

I don’t want to see
what spilled out,
blue clay jug of dreams
toppled at the head of his pallet
found at dawn,
every drop of future
gone.




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A false witness shall not be unpunished, and *he that* speaketh lies shall not escape.
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