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朋友劳工写给朋友的& @' o% r* n8 T9 l 
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I want to grow you a tree,  
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,  
4 j  U; ]  n6 f3 B( ]A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,  
9 U4 E% N- p8 a8 a9 S' vBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,) p) R$ j; Z% d0 V/ B 
watching you, protecting your fragile smile. 
- W( B: S0 j9 @He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,1 Q- o+ o) r2 u: u, j 
  
2 }2 t+ k. n) a) r2 c! sHe will understand all this about you: 
" N5 l; i6 N6 f- i2 C1 ]# d0 v8 tYour fear, your hope,. u5 I6 l# l3 }8 X6 u 
Your kindness, your need for space.& E( ]9 E2 P/ o! f1 `2 H: u/ o4 A 
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In your mind, you've been left before. ( h; e6 {+ s/ k& m& j2 m 
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely-- 
3 ?- \" c4 N; z. U/ ?You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,  
; J) l' v5 ~9 NYou feared you hadn't earned them.  
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.  
6 j" `3 T, Z# f- lGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |   
 
 
 
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