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朋友劳工写给朋友的" T1 p) P; f$ ]" h0 Q& E3 \* j 
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I want to grow you a tree,  
' K; N6 f% k' Q# P' ?9 lAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown: 
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,   E) s- @9 y4 \ 
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, ( U, [7 V. _4 Q& R6 D* c1 E 
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake," @+ ]. P! |1 O' f 
watching you, protecting your fragile smile. 
! K( I% O; a4 H! N) kHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive, 
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He will understand all this about you:5 ?9 u+ q- [6 t1 S 
Your fear, your hope, 
4 f* k& T7 A! T$ G9 l5 G; VYour kindness, your need for space. 
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  j4 y9 \8 K! I0 m* X1 h. m6 dIn your mind, you've been left before. - S! `( g4 S, j. g2 h 
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--6 q+ x* t8 U, F6 W. b! K7 c 
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ( G- r( O  z8 D7 ~ 
You feared you hadn't earned them.   v1 I, r& {4 X! R 
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ' R2 L% k" G+ Y' _  X# f' T$ L) j 
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |   
 
 
 
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