The Little Ones

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At the lake the house stood high against the
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clouds
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A strand of smoke from the chimney
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Snakes toward the evening storm
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A reply to the hiding setting sun
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You will be the dawn
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I will be the breakfast blaze
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After the storm is gone

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The little ones come to places like this
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Like sparrows on the lawn
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They smile and smile and smile
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And fly away home

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Rain streaks the strait-laced windows to drain
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off in sorrow
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You can see our breathing glass
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Beneath the dark head of the storm
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And the snapping stings of lightning
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Our windows steam and sweat
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And laugh out loud
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At the dream the lake portrays

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The surface of the water dances with droplets
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Rippling circles run out memories
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Of long ago houses and other pain
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And other nights in the rain

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