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Flames or sparks?

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When catastrophe comes close, and friends and relatives are victims, can we admit to ourselves that we played a part with our little flames that we fuel nearly every moment?

Can we replace flames with sparks? Is it really unthinkable for each of us to change before it is too late?

Sapoty Brook, Main Arm 


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