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Rated: E · Poetry · Experience · #2274771
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Mimicry

Fooling the dog who is used
to my crashing Maui waves
lulling me to sleep
but hates thunder.
Out of the corner of your ear,
the two sounds are very similar--
one mimics the other
drowning out terror
with waves. And
we both sleep.




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