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The Colors of Hope

In the bleakest corners of Hell-Town midst playgrounds littered with glass Disfigured weeds stretch to the sky and no one's seen a blade of grass Where junkies openly ply their trade and cheap beer flows like lemonade A tiny woman, sure a saint, paints a rainbow ~ Wide-eyed children, the colors of hope

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Date: 10/1/2022 10:12:00 PM
Thank you, Gershon, for your magical poem, Somewhere over the Rainbow.
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Date: 9/30/2022 4:34:00 PM
Beautiful!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/1/2022 8:21:00 PM
'Hell-Town' has its silver lining...
Date: 9/30/2022 4:30:00 PM
Your poem ends hopeful. Children are the future. May they stand strong for such a time as this!
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Date: 10/1/2022 8:17:00 PM
Children, as you wrote, are our future... They are our lasting legacy... Thanks, Kim
Date: 9/30/2022 3:11:00 PM
We need these rainbows in our cities Gershon, representing hope for the children. Wonderful thought. Enjoy your weekend I am sure your still celebrating your hodidays...
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/1/2022 8:16:00 PM
Our children do so need to be able to hope. Your words are spot-on, Michael... And thanks for the holiday wishes... We go through three more holidays -- one of seven days -- through Oct. 16, I think. Happiness and Hope, Gershon
Date: 9/30/2022 2:36:00 PM
Ah, this is beautiful, special, gw. Indeed!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/30/2022 3:03:00 PM
Thank you so much for the enthusiasm for this one, Milt. Much appreciated. Have a great weekend, Gershon

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