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i have lived in this house
all my life
i have never suffered
the disappointment
of coming home
my eyes have never
been drawn along
the power line
filled my heart with longing
for a gravel road
to lead me back to
somewhere i once was
and didn’t know
Contemporary Verse 2: The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing
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