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The Adage of Ages

April 25, 2011
By JacksonDReynolds PLATINUM, Chatsworth, Georgia
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Over such foolish folly contending,
Tis it glory or avarice descending?
And you can babble 'bout Babel
But 'tis all fiddle faddle
For the things here unseen, you're inventing.

© Poornima P., Cutchogue, NY

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