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~ SEPTEMBER ~
MEMORIES OF SEPTEMBERS PAST
OF BEING YOUNG AND IN LOVE.
CONVERSATIONS OF PLANS WERE CAST
WITH DREAMS SO LOFTY FROM ABOVE.


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STANDING UNDER THE GRAPEVINE
HANGING FULL, READY TO EAT.
PLANNING THE FUTURE THAT WAS MINE
ENJOYING THE COMPANY AND THE TREATS.


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SEPTEMBER, A WONDERFUL NUMBER NINE
THE MONTH WHEN NATURE SIGHS
THE HEAT OF SUMMER ALMOST BEHIND,
AND A NEW DAWNING IS NIGH.


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OF CRISP EVENINGS ON THE DECK
THE SOUND OF FROGS MATING CALLS,
SOOTHING BREEZES BRUSH MY NECK,
REMINDING ME OF COMING FALL.


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A NEW FEEL IS IN THE AIR,
NEW PLANS ARE IN THE MAKING
HOLIDAYS OF THANKS AND CARE
ARE APPROACHING, NO MISTAKING.


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THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE YEAR CONTINUE,
WITH ONLY A SHORT BREAKING
TIME TO THINK OF EARLY BIRD VENUES,
SHOPPING DAYS, TIME FOR MAKING.


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OUR SAVIOR'S BIRTH TIME WILL SOON ARRIVE,
NOT LONG AFTER THANKSGIVING TURKEY.
PREPARATIONS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY ARE NIGH,
AND ONE SWIFT BREAK, ANOTHER YEAR IS
LURKING.


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ANOTHER SEPTEMBER WILL BE ON ITS WAY,
UNLESS OUR LORD SEES FIT TO COME.
SO LET'S ENJOY EACH AND EVERY DAY,
UNTIL SEPTEMBER OR OUR HEAVENLY HOME.


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WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


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ACTS 1: 6,7 ~ WHEN THEY THEREFORE WERE COME TOGETHER, THEY ASKED OF HIM, SAYING, LORD, WILT THOU AT THIS TIME RESTORE AGAIN THE KINGDOM TO ISRAEL?
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS, WHICH THE FATHER HATH PUT IN HIS OWN POWER.
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