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Continental Drift

These green and isolate continents,
set apart by oceans slick as glass,
post signs on high escarpments
to warn ships, sailors -- and loves that pass --
of seeming permanence, often met:
though earth seem solid and free from rift,
please beware of continental drift.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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December 28, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Leo, congratulations with your poem featured on this awesome endings week of 2012. Wishing you the best of 2013 to come... luv * Linda
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December 28, 2012 at 3:13 AM
this is an excellent comment on the false security we find--we think our friendships are strong, or our marriage is solid, or jobs are secure....but life is variable--never solid or safe...excellent write!
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