Think of it
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Roadside Chats (16) 10/9/15 The tui’s are nesting. There’s a gap in the bush opposite Deep Song. Bursts of song emerge from within. Yesterday I watched a tui… soar… soar… higher… ever higher… then swoop… swoop… swoop. Swooping & swooping…
The sharp sword is the kindest
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Beneath the hills of silence
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I’ve lost everything but this borrowed robe
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Upon the beach where no one walks
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The factory’s almost empty now
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