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The True Colour of Sand

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  • Poetry (Ake Review 2019)
  • Jan 17, 2019

Is  neither dull-yellow
Nor dull-grey; rather
Every  grain has
The bright colour of a Rare gem, which
You can see only With an amplified vision
Or a sharpened mind

YUAN CHANGMING

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