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Sonnet 45 'Nobody Wants a Well, When I Am Sad'

Nobody wants a well, when I am sad, A few drops are enough to bring on rain! This realm's sorrows -- enough to drive us mad! Nobody needs the bottom of the drain! I ask my heart, 'what new gift shall we bring?' And then, I wait for answers in the calm (Loud shouts come when I hear but storm and sting!) And then, a butterfly lights on my palm: 'She was my Joy!' its wings whisper to me, 'And I must wait awhile, until we touch. We played together often, now a sea Has washed our sand-castles, and not left much. I'll need to live now, in another place, Perhaps the elves will build me one, by Grace!'

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Date: 9/12/2019 11:20:00 PM
After Sonnet 44 I had to pop back to see Sonnet 45, lovely, hope those Elves take you to a better place, by Grace ; )
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Andrew Fairchild
Date: 9/13/2019 4:06:00 AM
Thank you, I hope they do, too!
Date: 6/27/2019 10:41:00 AM
Holy rhymes, this sonnet is a one more perfect than the 44 one)
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Andrew Fairchild
Date: 7/12/2019 8:08:00 AM
That's high kind praise, thank you!

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