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WELCOME by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM

First Line: STRANGER, IF YOU WILL COME TO ME
Last Line: YOU MUST NOT LET A WORD GO BY.

STRANGER, if you will come to me
I shall not scowl. I shall be kind.
Gladly in my strange company
You can entangle your feelings, mind.

One windy day, I took a trail
Unfrequented by all but birds
And such as katydids and quail.
Stranger, as butterflies, catch words.

Take up your net and hear all sound.
Chin up a tree and watch the sky.
Then place your ear close to the ground.
You must not let a word go by.



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