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Last of the Summer Sun

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Debra Watson
Nov 15, 2016
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Black-eyed Sue traipsed across the heath                                                                                    

Facing the last of the summer sun
It kissed her face golden.

I could see the faint
trace
of her smile
as she ripped to pieces
the chorus of a love song
she didn't believe in.

She mentioned
that you'd been around 
with a bottle of wine
and whi…

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