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The Collector
Stones I have collected all my life.
Strong as a mountain I wanted to be.
But all I got was tiredness,
wear and tear, toil and moil.
I would give half the collection
for a pillow to rest on.



Jerker Swande

© 2004 Jerker Swande
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