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The following poem is one of my own, dated about a year ago.

                         Waiting for the angel to turn

                                                      (For S.)

Pleasant thoughts before the fall

All your fears are set to music

Wringing hands which worry choke the soul

The glimpse of an angel whose flight brought this on

Waiting for the angel to turn

Everybody's laughter turns out dead at sea

Everybody's joy rings out like lies to me

And everything, you do it flawlessly

I look at you, but I see you do it lovelessly

Humming feelings of this love

All your pains are set to music

Howling voices whose words burn you whole

The trail of an angel whose spell brought this on

Waiting for the angel to turn

Everybody's cries sound like the silent trees

Everybody's lives walk past like ghosts to me

And everything you do, you do it perfectly

I look at you, but I see you do it soulessly

I'm just waiting for the angel to turn

                                Armando Valle (Nov/97)

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