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朋友劳工写给朋友的9 n: v: U* m% N4 N3 _4 q
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I want to grow you a tree,
, H# [6 T: ` I# X+ u6 ?* h5 KAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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/ u1 O% \/ r+ ]+ d1 aA husband you've never met, but someday will,
2 a8 Z$ x( Y3 `& nA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
5 d+ H- _% m3 e& k. dBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,6 D4 C; ]" m- K4 C( X8 M
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.' D( q" \7 D0 I/ {7 o) o
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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9 v1 p/ z. ]4 sHe will understand all this about you:/ a8 X- {7 v( H, `
Your fear, your hope,+ P; S- B6 _% `+ Q2 _* h' o
Your kindness, your need for space.
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# d+ m0 t N% LIn your mind, you've been left before. , A# N# w' a6 D, ^5 M0 t$ J; o% s
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
. n8 X: N M8 ]# {& xYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 3 |* `1 Y! s5 W
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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( E& t" r2 P& ~he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
% ~& O, K6 r7 A) |7 y* lGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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