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A sadness comes upon me because I cannot traceMyself within the mirror. There are tears upon my faceWhen I wake, and yet so well I knowThat sometime to my island I shall go.
Every poet has an islandSomewhere in the sea.Sometimes in dreams my island risesGreen as green can be.

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