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​I wrote my first unsolicited poem when I was twelve after a visit to Silver Lake, WA, and  still have the original, misspellings and all.
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​A Soaring Beauty

That osprey is a lovely sight,
More than man could ever say;
With talons outstreached in its flight,
Like crooked hands waiting to snatch its prey.
Circling, ever circling, in the day light,
With x-ray eyes and fethers of glossy gray.

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