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    This is a poem about a man starting out as a teenager and a special relationship that was developed between the boy and a girl who had written a lot of sayings on an old romance novel he bought. Over the years he became quite fond of who that person was. Then they met quite unexpectedly and became fast friends after that.

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    This is a poem about a man starting out as a teenager and a special relationship that was developed between the boy and a girl who had written a lot of sayings on an old romance novel he bought. Over the years he became quite fond of who that person was. Then they met quite unexpectedly and became fast friends after that.

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    The Book and The Flower

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    Timothy B. Thayer
    This is a poem about a man starting out as a teenager and a special relationship that was developed between the boy and a girl who had written a lot of sayings on an old romance novel he bought. Over the years he became quite fond of who that person was. Then they met quite unexpectedly and became fast friends after that.

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    THE BOOK AND THE FLOWER

    A lad of eighteen Thats not really very old I arely !ee" #y nose $lean And I still do %hat I# told B&t Ive develo" a tr&th Of %ho #ost "eo"le are That has never failed #e It has ta!en #e '&ite far (o %hat I# a o&t to say Has defined #e as a #an It I elieve as gos"el I !no% li!e the a$! of #y hand I %as at a oo! sale There %ere these old additions I really loved to read It %as !ind of a fa#ily tradition I ha""en to "ay three dollars For this old ro#an$e oo! I %as intrig&e y its a""earan$e Ho% the front $over loo!ed (#&dged) s$ri led in "en It said) not seen yo&) &t I love yo& In this oo!) riddled %ith sayings With this $olored "en in! of l&e The %ords %ritten %ere ea&tif&l And I elieve the# to e '&ite honest These %ords of Farrah Lightly (he I e$a#e the fondest This infat&ation) %ent on for ten years Till one night at a oo! signing I %as s&ddenly ro&ght to tears *y favorite Ro#an$e novelist

    With a "en of +andi$e ,lover Was a$t&ally Farrah Lightly *y long ti#e drea# lover That oo! I $arried every%here It never left #y side When I $a&ght her y herself I "&lled o&t %ith "ride It too! her reath a%ay The #e#ories) li!e the eginning It really %ar#ed her heart We oth felt li!e %e %ere %inning A ne% friendshi" in reading (o#ething %e oth felt %o&ld last And it really has A ond at that ti#e %e $ast The title) The Boo! and The Flo%er Why %as the "oe# titled that All those years) those lovely '&otes) (he the flo%er) in #y heart she sat By Ti# Thayer

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