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Vondel Park

Did you know?
As you dreamed your dreamless sleep
Within that temporal existence
You were with me at Vondel Park
You stowed away on the back of some scent-filled freesias
It was just when I thought of missing you
That you came to me
Such a serendipitous arrival
Was it you entering my dream,
Or me entering yours?
I sat on a bench to catch the phrases
In front of the bird refuge
And, as if on command, a pelican-like creature glided by
Stirring the Sunday morning air
She came to rest upon her tall perch
A nest in the sanctuary-sky
And her love was waiting for her there

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