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we have each made promises

that we simply could not keep

and have had hot scalding tears

fall unheeded upon our heart's bitter

sleeves

and after we swore that we would never

again weep

ah, but fear not my fellow brave soldiers

for

though salt water is a marvelously vicious

cleanser of all of one's most fantastic fears

still

where there is a human heart

there is always room for hope

even when it seems to have such tendency

as to evade us

from time to time over the unfolding years

if you could just give me a further moment

to explain

I think I could bring you around

'tis but a gift

'The Tongue Of The Hand'.................

(April 5, 1999)