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ONE SPEAKS by KATHARINE A. JENKINS

First Line: TO YOU - SOMEONE TO PASS YOU A BOOK
Last Line: YOU WOULD PASS ME BY UNKNOWING.
Subject(s): CONVERSATION; LOVE - BEGINNINGS; MOUTHS; SPEECH; TALK; ORATORY; ORATORS;

To you—someone to pass you a book,
To throw a log on your winter fire,
To talk with you of trivial things.
To me—the glow of a silver candle,
Fingers against my heart
Stilling its yearning for the infinite.
Yet should we meet,
You and I,
You would pass me by unknowing.



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