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Press me not to take more pleasure
In this world of sug'red lies,
And to use a larger measure
Then my strict, yet welcome size.
First, there is no pleasure here:
Coloured griefs indeed there are,
Blushing woes, that look as clear
As if they could beauty spare.
Or if such deceits there be,
Such delights I meant to say;
There are no such things to me,
Who have passed my right away.
But I will not much oppose
Unto wh......
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These are poems about flight, poems about flying, and poems about flights of fancy like those of Peter Pan ...
"Flight 93" is a sonnet I wrote in response to the events of 9-11 ...
Flight 93
by Michael R. Burch
I held the switch in trembling fingers, asked
why existence felt so small, so purposeless,
like a minnow wriggling feebly in my grasp ...
vibrations of huge engines thrummed my arms
as, glistening with sweat, I nudged the switch
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