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Ah, Teneriffe!

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Ah, Teneriffe!
Retreating Mountain!
Purples of Ages — pause for you —
Sunset — reviews her Sapphire Regiment —
Day — drops you her Red Adieu!

Still — Clad in your Mail of ices —
Thigh of Granite — and thew — of Steel —
Heedless — alike — of pomp — or parting

Ah, Teneriffe!
I'm kneeling — still —

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  • Dead Kennedy Rolls
    January 22, 2006
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    I don't know what the hell Teneriffe is, but I guess this is a good poem. It's number 666, haha. ~DK ROlls