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 There Were Dry Red Days by Sharmagne Leland-St. John 
						by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
 There were dry red days
 Devoid of clouds
 Devoid of breeze
 Sound bruised
 My burning bones
 Dirt cracked my hands
 And caked my cheeks
 No buds on limbs of trees
 No birds on branches
 No hope of rain
 Scrawny chickens
 Kicked up dust
 Scratching for food
 That wasn't there
 In the stifling, stillness
 Of the scorched night
 We dreamt
 Of cool oases
 Tropical isles
 Emerald bays
 Not these dry red days
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