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This poem is called, "Reflection
of a Young Woman by a Lake".

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Disease was spreading
on the lawn.

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In the house she occupied
she was growing up

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to find the snails and
slugs sucking on the leaves;

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important to their survival was
the death of what they loved.

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And how, in the mornings
chill, it reminded her of a man

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she saw once
floating in the lake,

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not dead but passive
in his acceptance

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of where the water took him.

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She watched him for
hours, not desiring him

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but what he desired,
that restfullness

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in motion, the ability to take
in whatever sun there was.

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Then he passed
from her sight, she

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was left with an
image of hopelessness,

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how she'd have to move from
what she loved, continuously,

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in and out of
sight of others who

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passed their time with her--

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or gave the passing chance to
leave this world she lingered

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in, that luxury of leisure which
made thoughts of future loss

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so wrong to think about,
so hard to ignore.

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