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In Memory of a Friend

In Memory of a Friend
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One
blush of a fall morn,
water leaps from jagged cliffs,
birds break the silence

Two
in the crisp open field,
mourners lean against the wind,
the dove lifts in flight

Three
at the summer's end,
the red orb against blue sky,
seabirds wheel and cry