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Audio and Video Music:
Sovereign Quarter.
By Kevin MacLeod.
Performed by Kevin MacLeod
at the Free Music Archive
under an Attribution
license.
Eighteen is a
windswept borderline:
In a moment, gates forever closed.
Gulf of dreams behind the vanished child,
Halfway round the corner of her smile.
The change flaps in the breeze, but in a while
Each motion turns to dance, each gesture wild
Eventually is placed, positioned, posed:
No leaping for sheer joy but by
design.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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