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From: mwm@dartvax.UUCP (M. W. Modrall)
Newsgroups: net.poems
Subject: new poem
Message-ID: <5313@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Nov-86 17:56:32 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  2 17:56:32 1986
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Pretty Playthings Past

I held a love in my hand,
Clasped it tightly, and it died.
I held a love at arm's length,
And it drifted away.
I held a love as lightly as I could,
And with a breath it shattered.
Too far, too near, in fragile fear,
The love was all that mattered.

                           -10/31/86
                           M. Modrall