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Random Poem:

Silence
sisalik

It’s quiet.
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So quiet.
 2
No rustle, no movement,
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No sound at all.
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I looked for a reason,
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A pattern, an answer,
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An escape from disorder
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I called and called,
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And cried
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For so long.
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No echo,
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No sound.
 12
It’s quiet.
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So quiet.
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Why do they all go away?
 15
I searched for them,
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Gathered them,
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From the holes in the rocks.
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They grew up like tender shoots.
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They gave me a reason.
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They were the answer.
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Then they went away.
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I was changed.
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Was it for me?
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Or them?
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Why did they go away?
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The old man is always standing behind them,
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Whispering some nonsense.
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And for some reason they listen.
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And the one, so simple-minded,
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But true,
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Cut down in his prime.
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Why do they all go away?
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It’s quiet.
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