Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 13 Nov 1996.
request: love? Romance: pt 3 of 3
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· 1 message · 13 Nov 1996
From pix...@netcom.com Fri Nov 1 17:35:34 1996
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 14:12:35 -0800
From: Diane Wenner <pix...@netcom.com>
To: pix...@cache22.org
Subject: romance3
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THIS HAS BEEN A VALENTINE'S DAY MESSAGE FROM BROTHER ALEX
OF THE [DISBANDED] MAD MONKS OF ST.BARNABAS...
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..:.. : .'' : Some say love it is a razor
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: : : : Some say love it is a hunger
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: : : : I say love it is a flower
: : :..''''``::. and you, its only seed.
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far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love in the spring
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