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CHANGELESS by JOHN RICHARD MORELAND

First Line: ALL YEARS ARE COINED FROM THE SAME GOLD
Last Line: THEY WATCHED SUSANNA IN HER GARDEN-SPACE.

All years are coined from the same gold,
The metal seems more precious when it's turned
New from the die and sharp and bright . . . .
@3And Helens are the same as when Troy burned@1.

The minted @3Now@1 but seems more fair
Than the old coinage with its well worn face . . .
@3And men are as they were the hour
They watched Susanna in her garden-space@1.



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