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"That deaf, dumb, and blind kid, sure plays a mean pinball." Sung by Elton John in the Film Tommy - Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be; Whisper words of wisdom, let it be - Beatles Song
"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to,...." Act 3, Scene 1 of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

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It is To Be

This is to be, 
a seed yet sown,
a deed yet done
a whisper on tongue
a kiss becoming
an echo sent
a gift bought
a line cast
a promise made
a wink of eye
a smile on lips
a touch on skin
fingers meet
a glint, a glimmer
a ripple, a quaver
orange glow at dawn
a breath of wind
a whiff of scent
footsteps
creak of gate
knock on door
hum of tune
distant bells
chimes of time
ticks, tocks of clocks
bird calls, howls
the smell of food
This is what can, 
and is To Be.

angstsensesfree verse

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