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A Sense of Belonging

Have you ever felt a sense of belonging
As if a particular thing or person or place
Is Yours?

They simply come into your periphery
And proclaim their belongingness to you
A puppy that won't let you be
Wagging it's tail and nuzzling your knees?

A bench in a leaf showered lonely park
Begging you to come and sit on it ?

A human who creeps like an evening shadow
Right into your being without a qualm?
You know what I mean?

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