CRESTED BUTTE

. . . Was it here,

Here, that paradise was revealed

For one brief moment

On a night in midsummer? (Hammarskjöld, p. 216)

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em-n-em said…
Paridise!!!!!!! that sounds good now especially with this heat.
July 5, 2008 at 9:21 PM
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