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朋友劳工写给朋友的: `4 c7 T- V; w/ T( x
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I want to grow you a tree,
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, , J1 s% T9 i4 I" ?3 T$ T* r0 \0 _
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
. l4 M% q, r; T2 H' w' z6 F5 _But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,0 f/ |, y" u8 p \
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.( M1 |0 h3 Z/ t) u
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:0 Z6 f: ^& p+ q$ q& D8 ] o6 n
Your fear, your hope,
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In your mind, you've been left before.
[8 @3 |2 o0 G6 \. }/ K1 H( lWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely-- c) t: z- S/ O% n
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ( C: M6 j9 k- v7 Z: |4 o
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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