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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Mountain Lullaby </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Leonard tuchyner </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Sol slips slowly behind muted <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Blue Ridge</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Mountain</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> tops.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Mountain crests wear his radiant crimson
crown.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Congenial cattle croon satisfaction,</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">mooing from low steep rocky pastures.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Buddha-wise bovines prepare for slumber.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Mountain slopes don evening shadows.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Distinct tall pines morph into shapeless grey
shades.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Night’s sacred somber vestments cloak ridge and
hollow.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">A gentle mother lulls her children to sleep.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">On an old back porch my black <st1:place
w:st="on">Labrador</st1:place></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">turns to obsidian pool at my feet,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">as we accept the peace of solitude,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">filled with comfort from our companionship,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">and resting in the night’s ambient soul,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">filling our hearts with a whispering breeze,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">saying, “Here you are never alone.”</FONT></P>
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