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The Olde Salt

a frayed brim,
jeans torn and worn
- faded by sun and sea;
a carefree beard,
not of fad nor fashion
   but of living!

tears and tears for
truant truths
      dried
like the salty stains
on a slicker and
the vacant hopes
  of a stare...

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Date: 8/16/2022 2:24:00 AM
Lovely beautifully penned little poem Craig…..very enjoyable . Debx
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Date: 6/9/2022 1:43:00 PM
nice...I esp. like the last two lines :)
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Date: 6/9/2022 10:41:00 AM
love the three dots and a thought ending Craig...
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