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Gift Mind like a dragon in four-footed flight. Barbed crimson tail weaves a story in sky. Armadas of gryphons race ribbons of knowledge Mathematics, astronomy, literature, art. Mind like a dragon in silver scaled flight Forked tongue learns to trust in the gift of her voice. Gift #1 Mind like a rocket Exploding slurred slow motion Every ion taut. Gift #2 Her mind is sunfish Sleek, leopard wary, lightwave fleet. Photons chase her tail. Gift #3 Consciousness a gift? This present roils in time warp Boundless, blinding, dim. Gift #4 Brilliance burns a web Of intuition (precognition?), floats in Crisp wakeful allure. Gift #5 'Why me?' is reserved for a curse Introspection deserved nothing worse On discovery that my big brain Was the root cause of all prior pain. Gift #6 Gnomic gifts are sheer. Unobscured by deception. Nature rues remorse.

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