For Absent Friends

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Sunday at six when they close both the gates a widowed 
Church and its cold so they fasten their coats and cross the 
 
 
 
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pair still sitting there 
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Passing by the padlocked swings the roundabout still turning 
 
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Ahead they see small girl on her way home with a pram 
 
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