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Eeuwigheid (Eternity)
It’s raining today
It will rain tomorrow too.
Without end, Amen.
Teleurstelling (Disappointment)
Sometimes when I dream
It’s of hot Tobago suns.
But I wake up cold.
Leugenaar (Liar)
If I turn my back
The wind doesn’t hurt so much.
I’m lying.  It does.
Terug (Return)
Winter’s not so bad.
It’s Solstice time after all.
Summer will return!
Voor (For)
And winter’s nice for
For… for… for… for… for…for… for…
Winter’s nice [...]

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Laure’s dad, Francois, is an erudite Frenchman.  His home is full of books on philosophy, Shakespeare plays, classical music CDs, and religious texts.  He lived in Coventry, England for a number of years in the early days of his first marriage so he speaks English very well.  He even started speaking to me in Latin [...]

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Feeling a bit thoughtful on my walk this morning.  I wrote a poem: 
Bags full of butterflies
I watched a leaf this morning,
I watched it fall and wondered:
What about the caterpillar
Who works so hard
Who eats all summer
Who is lucky not to be eaten
Who finds a safe leaf
Who builds a cocoon
Who begins to change
Who is then raked up
And dies in a garbage [...]

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