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The Pool at Noon

First Verse
Chlorine and shrieking and the whistle
that means somebody ran.

A father counts to three and throws a child
into the loud blue middle of July.

Nobody here is worried about anything
that will still exist in September.

This a fake test poem created by First Verse - it will be deleted at launch

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