When you go again to Lakes Placid and George<\/p>\n
Years from now, do not trouble to think of me,<\/p>\n
Your visit should be your own,<\/p>\n
Your joys pouring out of your pores.<\/p>\n
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Lake George is a symphony of joy<\/p>\n
But Lake Placid comes from the delicate fibers of one\u2019s being,<\/p>\n
Aren\u2019t they the two sides of the same phenomenon,<\/p>\n
How can one exist without the other?<\/p>\n
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When you visit them again do not think of the past,<\/p>\n
Think that you have discovered them by yourself,<\/p>\n
The pain of memory is avoidable,<\/p>\n
If you think your life is unique.<\/p>\n
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There is beauty out there:<\/p>\n
A reflection of your being,<\/p>\n
Do not think of me,<\/p>\n
As I will have become a leaf on a tree at Mirror Lake,<\/p>\n
Waiting to serenade you.<\/p>\n
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Suffern, New York, October 3, 2019<\/p>\n