The Picnic

We took a tin of tea to town To play and picnic in the park As carefree children chased the clown And danced and dodged all day till dark. The simple sounds of silence still Were happily inside my head When freely formed from fright and frill - Before the beauty broke and bled.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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September 2, 2010 at 6:34 AM
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