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Rout and Doubt

Rout and Doubt
David J Walker

As the kindling I gathered 
	Along the way
Runs  out 

	Doubt replaces 
Light 
	Darkness drapes 
The night 

With its own rout 
To tomorrow
The map I borrowed 

Never seems to fold 
The same way
On the same day
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