{"id":4023,"date":"2005-08-18T19:06:20","date_gmt":"2005-08-18T23:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/08\/18\/up-to-my-ankles\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:29","slug":"up-to-my-ankles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/08\/18\/up-to-my-ankles\/","title":{"rendered":"up to my ankles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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just now
as my life turns crazy
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ground fog
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tidepool
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the river
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city morning
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in concert
the violin soloist
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and see <\/FONT>Red Moon Anthology<\/EM> 1997<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV>
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