("these children singing in stone a...")

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swoop

fully is are ex

quisite theys of re

turn

a

n

d

fall which now drop who all dreamlike

im)

u

these children singing in stone a

silence of stone these

little children wound with stone

flowers opening for

ever these silently lit

tle children are petals

their song is a flower of

always their flowers

of stone are

silently singing

a song more silent

than silence these always

children forever

singing wreathed with singing

blossoms children of

stone with blossoming

eyes

know if a

lit tle

tree listens

forever to always children singing forever

a song made

of silent as stone silence of

song

mu

nouns to nouns

wan

wan

too nons too

and

and

nuns two nuns

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