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Topic: Birthday of Fei Fugen (December 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
To Hugo Shen Fei
MY CHINESE DAUGHTER
There is no face
Reflection of a thousand years
That can take her place
A face that cried a thousand tears
There is no heart
Reflection of the West Lake dew
That can so impart
Devotion rediscovered
and
Replenished each day anew
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