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"Shadow Dapples
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Bough-shadow dapples word of war
Dead dry needles pattern floor, so
How can fury here arise as
Fir-spires rise toward higher skies?
What demon then could here be born,
Where moss and pebble floor adorn?
Demon, fire, hot breath of ire
Cannot conspire where shadows twine.
                                         

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