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Langston Hughes Must Have Misheard

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the calm
cool face of the river
asked not for a
kiss
but for my fondest wish
so I tossed a coin
to the fish
and took a minute to list
what left I have
to live for

Wes Thompson

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Topic(s) of this poem: fish,river

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