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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
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But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,, j% B' I1 u) N* f$ Y( d, D
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
# d1 \( b! k. ]! M- hHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
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Your kindness, your need for space.+ ^1 V U0 Y3 @& w. Y4 ?# P
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In your mind, you've been left before.
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You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
/ e$ f2 E6 f1 l% S. vYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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+ `. h- W9 q& x$ Z9 Fhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. / k. ?; s1 U' {* i
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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