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seventeen syllables
jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
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first impressions pale
when time and distance temper
passion's easy course
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improper demands
create the need for access
to silent conscience
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02
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foolish compromise
undermines the virtuous
magnifying loss
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naive sedition
pursued through the cusp of time
breaks down objections
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03
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castles loom remote
likely conquerors seclude
under quarantine
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ample risk allowed
decides the price of caution
with slight pressure
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04
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high feedback precludes
unnecessary caution
from clouding judgment
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agonize this choice
divine the course of passion
recover the loss
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05
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last peaceful release
tracing anguished lines in sand
memory suppressed
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turn the wheel of time
reconsider those choices
that carved this slight path
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06
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maladapted youth
with unlikely chemistry
falters at the close
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weather patterns whirl
each small cause obscures effect
hiding lines of fault
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07
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unconscious demands
frighten timid souls in time
into submission
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elements of light
span the corridors of night
blinding common sight
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08
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minds preoccupied
by voracity's collapse
wither in decline
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corrective measures
imply a failure of will
before the trÁal
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09
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broken records fell
skipping across the ridges
writing lines in books
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even-tempered minds
unravel in small stages
breaking symmetry
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10
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improper delight
embarrasses those supposed
to retain piety
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simplified by sight
minor corrections reside
trained by overuse
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missing the chances
afforded by purity
in pursuit of hope
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in sordid anguish
vital perspective is lost
demeaning the cause
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evidence in hand
denies the proof of judgment
without contention
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pull the string across
refining beauty's visage
never mind the pain
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momentum released
through slight decay of motion
entropy declined
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nightbound visions flight
leaves memory in stasis
cautioning collapse
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under suspicion
the compromise is forged here
denying belief
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fading in spirals
violence tempers dissent
painted lines broken
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despise immersion
agonize in colloquy
the prize relinquished
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mindless sighting reigns
inclined toward apathy
foreign thoughts repulsed
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