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Losing His Way

Author: Chen Runping He came up from the main road While ahead watching numerous footpaths in the field, Crisscrossed as a web. He paced up and down in the web And his thickly dotted footprints Filled up the grid meshes One by one. Hardly can he Walked through the web And still paced up and down. watching the years gone like river water He has already had scales on his body While his hands and feet retrograded into fins And downstream With which he struck violently and Lost

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Date: 8/21/2018 11:38:00 AM
Such an imagination you have! I'm happy for you (and, yes, a bit jealous as well...But 'good jealous.') Best wishes, Gershon
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Date: 8/22/2018 2:12:00 AM
Thank you for your appreciation. Have a nice day.
Date: 8/24/2017 10:23:00 PM
It is filled with sadness at the loss his change created. Also anger and helplessness at going backward in his evolution.
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Date: 8/25/2017 7:34:00 AM
Dear Patricia, thank you for your reading. Hugs :)
Date: 8/15/2017 8:02:00 AM
Mysterious and beautiful. Great stuff
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Date: 8/15/2017 11:56:00 PM
Thank you, Lewis. Glad you like it.
Date: 8/12/2017 4:17:00 AM
Nice poem here! I derived a very powerful meaning from it
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Runping Chen
Date: 8/12/2017 10:13:00 PM
Thank you, Kudzai. Glad you like it.

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