The Horizontal Day

My eyes are set straight,
The line across the sand,
Horizontal.
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The deep blue edge on the horizon,
Drawn with a steady hand,
Horizontal.
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A
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H
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Clouds thin and long and regimented,
Mimicking all they overlook,
On This Horizontal Day.