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Lisa Jain Thompson
Duckling
some people have assumed I'm a duckling
trying to hide in a nest of swans
they presume that my feathers
are a costume I take off at will
it must be nice to have that much certainty
that the world divides smoothly
between earth and heaven
L. J. Thompson
Copyright 2001
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