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No Brigadier
throughout the Year
So civic as the
Jay -
A Neighbor and
a Warrior too
With shrill felicity
Pursuing Winds
that censure us
A Febuary Day,
The Brother of
the Universe
Was never blown
away -
The Snow and
he are intimate -
I've often seen them play
When Heaven looked
upon us all
With such severity
I felt apology were
due
To an insulted sky
Whose pompous
frown was Nutriment
To their temerity -
The Pillow of this
daring Head
Is pungent Evergreens -
His Larder - terse
and Militant -
Unknown - refreshing
things -
His Character - a
Tonic -
His Future - a
Dispute -
Unfair an Immor -
tality
That leaves this
Neighbor out -
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