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This poem is very long So long, in fact, that your attention span May be stretched to its very limits But that’s okay It’s what’s so special about poetry See, poetry takes time We live in a time Call it our culture or society It doesn’t matter to me cause neither one rhymes A time where most people don’t want to listen Our throats wait like matchsticks waiting to catch fire Waiting until we can speak No patience to listen But this poem is long It’s so long, in fact, that during the time of this poem You could’ve done any number of other wonderful things You could’ve called your father Call your father You could be writing a postcard right now Write a postcard When was the last time you wrote a postcard? You could be outside You’re probably not too far away from a sunrise or a sunset Watch the sun rise Maybe you could’ve written your own poem A better poem You could have played a tune or sung a song You could have met your neighbor And memorized their name Memorize the name of your neighbor You could’ve drawn a picture (Or, at least, colored one in) You could’ve started a book Or finished a prayer You could’ve talked to God Pray When was the last time you prayed? Really prayed? This is a long poem So long, in fact, that you’ve already spent a minute with it When was the last time you hugged a friend for a minute? Or told them that you love them? Tell your friends you love them …no, I mean it, tell them Say, I love you Say, you make life worth living Because that, is what friends do Of all of the wonderful things that you could’ve done During this very, very long poem You could have connected Maybe you are connecting Maybe we’re connecting See, I believe that the only things that really matter In the grand scheme of life are God and people And if people are made in the image of God Then when you spend your time with people It’s never wasted And in this very long poem I’m trying to let a poem do what a poem does: Make things simpler We don’t need poems to make things more complicated We have each other for that We need poems to remind ourselves of the things that really matter To take time A long time To be alive for the sake of someone else for a single moment Or for many moments Cause we need each other To hold the hands of a broken person All you have to do is meet a person Shake their hand Look in their eyes They are you We are all broken together But these shattered pieces of our existence don’t have to be a mess We just have to care enough to hold our tongues sometimes To sit and listen to a very long poem A story of a life The joy of a friend and the grief of friend To hold and be held And be quiet So, pray Write a postcard Call your parents and forgive them and then thank them Turn off the TV Create art as best as you can Share as much as possible, especially money Tell someone about a very long poem you once heard And how afterward it brought you to them

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この詩は非常に長いので、実際には、あなたの注意のスパンがその限界まで引き伸ばされるかもしれませんが、それは大丈夫ですそれは詩についてとても特別なことです私にとって重要なことはどちらも韻を踏まないほとんどの人が聞きたくない時

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This poem is so long that, in fact, your span of attention may be stretched to its limits, but it's okay it's so special about the poem both important to me rhymes When most people who do not step on do not want to hear

INTO JAPANESE

この詩は非常に長いので、実際、あなたの注意の範囲はその限界まで伸ばされるかもしれませんが、それは私にとって重要な詩についてとても特別なことです韻を踏むことはありません

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This poem is so long that, in fact, the scope of your attention may be extended to its limits, but it is so special about the poems that are important to me, don't rhyme

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この詩は非常に長いので、実際、あなたの注意の範囲はその限界まで拡張されるかもしれませんが、私にとって重要な詩についてはとても特別です、韻を踏まないでください

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This poem is so long that, in fact, the scope of your attention may be extended to that limit, but the poems that are important to me are so special, don't rhyme

INTO JAPANESE

この詩は非常に長いので、実際、あなたの注意の範囲はその限界まで拡張されるかもしれませんが、私にとって重要な詩はとても特別です、韻を踏まないでください

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This poem is so long that, in fact, the scope of your attention may extend to that limit, but the poems that are important to me are very special, don't rhyme

INTO JAPANESE

この詩は非常に長いので、実際、あなたの注意の範囲はその限界まで及ぶかもしれませんが、私にとって重要な詩は非常に特別で、韻を踏まないでください

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This poem is so long that, in fact, your attention may extend to its limits, but the poem important to me is very special and don't rhyme

INTO JAPANESE

この詩は長すぎるので、実際、あなたの注意はその限界にまで及ぶかもしれませんが、私にとって重要な詩は非常に特別で、韻を踏まないでください

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This poem is too long, in fact, your attention may extend to its limits, but the poems that are important to me are very special and don't rhyme

INTO JAPANESE

この詩は長すぎます、実際、あなたの注意はその限界にまで及ぶかもしれませんが、私にとって重要な詩は非常に特別で、韻を踏まないでください

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This poem is too long, in fact, your attention may extend to its limits, but the poems that are important to me are very special and don't rhyme