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There's more than just twelve feet of twain between total happiness and emotional pain It's unfathomable, for they shall never meet The distance is similarly much the very same as is substantial derision 'tween cold and heat There is much disparity amidst goat and sheep, although they both have four legs and bleat Assonant as the depth of a trenched abyss the golden rays of sun; beams of silver moon while one is wide awake, the other is asleep Half a world away is midnight from high noon The chasm is a wormhole, millenniums deep It's a contrast amid abundance and emptiness Never the twain to coincide. There's no egress Woes of sorrow to the one who tries to compensate for the lack of love that causes him to drown in hate

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Date: 8/24/2017 12:08:00 PM
"Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get". The quote from Mark Twain, on the Mark of Twain, from my dear Lin Lane....
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Pashang Salehi
Date: 9/1/2017 8:40:00 PM
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Lin Lane
Date: 8/24/2017 12:29:00 PM
Thank you, Pashang.
Date: 8/23/2017 4:33:00 AM
You poem really made me think, and I just love to think! This write is truly a stupendous poem, with awesome pieces thrown in here and there, like, "Half a world away is midnight from high noon," I love that! I really enjoyed reading your stunning piece this morning, what a grandiose poem, Great work!!
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Lin Lane
Date: 8/24/2017 12:28:00 PM
Thank you, Russell.
Date: 8/23/2017 4:15:00 AM
I can't better Connie's comment Lin such great contrasts and never the twain shall meet. :-) I too love the goats and sheep line as I used to have a goat called Susie :-)hugs jan xx
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Lin Lane
Date: 8/24/2017 12:28:00 PM
Thanks very much, Jan. Susie is a nice name for a goat
Date: 8/23/2017 3:25:00 AM
Excellent write juxtaposing different opposites, Lin:)
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Lin Lane
Date: 8/24/2017 12:28:00 PM
Thanks, Jo.
Date: 8/22/2017 9:50:00 PM
I enjoyed this contemplative write.
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Lin Lane
Date: 8/24/2017 12:28:00 PM
Thanks, Arthur.
Date: 8/22/2017 1:53:00 PM
Such is life with opposites Lin. Crusader types think they can change a person, but they are only fooling themselves. A clever endeavor! Your last two lines hits home! : )
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Lin Lane
Date: 8/24/2017 12:27:00 PM
Thanks, Connie, and I agree with everything you say.

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