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SKYWARD STONE

With my long speedy arm

Launching skyward stones

Would any come to you?

Or roll through empty farms?


Is anyone beyond the hill?

Where my stones fall quickly still?

And do they rest in someone's room?

Or splash in a creek near a ducks bill?


A hill I could easily climb

I am afraid of what I might find

A hillbilly with a shotgun in mind

Or a thousand bees on my hind


So I climbed my mystery hill

To find what I hit or filled

There was nothing there at all

Just a duck without a bill

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