The first typescript
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V--VI |
The pump is leaking--I shall have to have it fixed. |
Like that marvelous thing you haven't learned yet. |
Your knotted hair, | ||
Around your shoulders | ||
A shawl the collors of the spectrum | ![]() |
The parcels pin you to the doorXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. | ![]() |
To refuse the square hive | ||
Out of autonomy, clearing. XXXXXXXXXX postpone the highest | ![]() |
The apples are all getting tinted | ||
In the cool light of autumn | ||
Life is erupting throughXXXXXXX breaking you | ![]() | |
Though you know it not. | ![]() |
The constellations are rising | ||
In perfect order: Taurus, Leo, Gemini. |