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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, ; @/ s2 B5 y' S! P
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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. D% H3 n5 [4 p. I. s; LA husband you've never met, but someday will,
- f5 y% q) ~# a4 s8 sA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, y) o" y& j, u/ Q* z% k, c
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,) R* ]: g. o4 e+ b5 r4 R
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.; ]/ w9 Y4 b. o8 J
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,% n* U" x( g& |- R- r4 O$ U: J
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He will understand all this about you:4 J+ T0 D# q% C* F ]
Your fear, your hope,
7 Z: h$ d; p: GYour kindness, your need for space.8 Y4 L* ~' Q7 g
) V6 G* _* `+ f, D O/ s9 K: g cIn your mind, you've been left before. $ {4 v w% I& J' }
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--- P+ X% {! |2 o0 Z% O
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 3 Y$ r% @ z# i
You feared you hadn't earned them. ! v+ i8 @. n: u
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
. }, n1 m9 b) F) a: z, s% |4 L- aGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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