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Untitled Sept. 10, 2002 ] 8:41 PM Her lips are cold and closed Barricaded against the spill Of words that threaten to Break free of the dam Each unspoken word a gem Or shallow coin to fill The almsbowl of the Poor and starving soul. What of the other? Her lips are sealed A watertight barrel Against the painful slither Of slavish slatternly snakes And each and every toad that She must silently swallow A sorrow that will increase in The deepest nethers of her soul. Tentative title: Two Sisters Based on the old fairy tale. wax ] wane