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Twixt what we want and what we get Are schemes which leave us deep in debt And dreams we lose to compromise Convenient sales and lousy buys.
Twixt what we were and what we are Omitting tides and yonder stars How lost we seem along the way Our spirits chained to feet of clay.
Twixt now and what we could become That all the hurly-burly’s done Lies blocked ahead by timid men Alas, but we are one of them.
Copyright 2001 Paul Heno
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