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When a clatter came,
/ it was horses crossing the ford.
/ When the air creaked, it was
/ a lapwing seeing us off the premises
/ of…
When a clatter came,
/ it was horses crossing the ford.
/ When the air creaked, it was
/ a lapwing seeing us off the premises
/ of…
I so liked Spring last year
/ Because you were here; –
/ The thrushes too –
/ Because it was these you so liked to…
Thaim that socht eftir me noo flee awa,
/ Thaim that cam creepin barfit i the snaw.
/ Ah kent them gentil, meek an…
I mind on ye but little ava
/ and I’m no that tane wi your fate,
/ but slicht tho the tryst was atween…
How strange the way old lovers move into the present,
/ tense, and catch you off guard; you tell me
/ when you were…
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