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Daily Archives: 20 Oct 2010

I went for a two-hour walk …

Posted on 20 Oct 2010 | 2 comments

… and all I got was 17 lousy syllables.

Footpaths stained purple
Jacarandas are still  green
Mulberries underfoot

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