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The art of losing isn't hard to master;<br /><br />
so many things seem filled with the intent<br />
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,<br />
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Lose something every day. Accept the fluster<br />
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.<br />
The art of losing isn't hard to master.<br />
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Then practice losing farther, losing faster:<br />
places, and names, and where it was you meant<br />
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.<br />
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I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or<br />
next-to-last, of three beloved houses went.<br />
The art of losing isn't hard to master.<br />
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I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,<br />
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.<br />
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.<br />
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-- Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture<br />
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident<br />
the art of losing's not too hard to master<br />
though it may look like (Write it!) a disaster.-Elizabeth Bishop - Avg. rating:
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