ALAN NORDSTROM'S BLOG
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
THE LEADEN RULE
“Do unto others as they’ve done to you”:
That Leaden Rule prevails in every land
Where reciprocity is always due,
Which keeps the wrathful fires of vengeance fanned.
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ALAN NORDSTROM
Licensed Verse Practitioner anordstrom@rollins.edu