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AD LIBITUM

Ten Years Later

right arrow Martha Leslie, MD

1 November 1996 | Volume 125 Issue 9 | Page 737


Tangled treasures in equal measures

rarely cross a lifetime

complicated by striving

for balance, precision, equity

metaphor for justice

children trust this

disappointment attending their folly

what then

if kindness bears no offspring

if bravery begets quiet death

unexpected

the clue to courage

riches fall to who can see

a field of morning diamonds

on the grass

watercolor dawn above a city's vast

expanse

an unbalanced moment

abundance more lavish than justice

despite treacherous passage

yielding jewels amid ashes


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Palo Alto, CA 94304-2205.
Requests for Reprints: Martha Leslie, MD, Stanford University Clinic, 900 Blake Wilbur Drive, Suite W2080, Palo Alto, CA 94304-2205.





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