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Paired Couplets in Leavenworth or Quadruplets in Twelveworth

Snowman spokesman at Lake Wenatchee, Washington Sagging, lumpy carrot-nose guide Sweats, sublimes, way past his prime Shows immortality is denied Explains the sites in pantomime Looking toward the West end of Lake Wenatchee Slithering cloud-snakes Thread the valleys That cradle lakes Await orā€™ darkened river alleys Emerald Island at Lake Wenatchee State Park The car spiraled ever higher ā€˜Till the sky, I imagined, I might just touch And all the hills and trees conspire To grasp the stars, and clouds and such Enchanted highlands Cold silver lakes Hide emerald islands Beneath snowflakes A chaste white veil of innocence Hides a hard-used landscape Unaware of any sinfulness Stare at virgin scenes and gape Life rains from clouds Collects in polished mirror chalices Courses down ā€˜neath nebulous shrouds Past granite spires like holy palaces Icicle Creek off Icicle Road Winter...