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 Feb 6,1960

Dear Cliff:

This is a new one- with all the lyricism as it were com-
pressed inside and implicit like a tree in a seed. So I don‘t
know whether or not it will give you any ideas or suggest
anything. But I want to let you. read it at least. Things get
simpler and simpler, so simple that there is no room for anyting
but a chord here and a chord there, and one note or two. I
imagine that is altogether too simple. Meanwhile, of course,
all things have their season and you do not even have to think
much about the desire you have to set one of my poems to music.
They day will come when one of thepoems will set itself to music.
The only time I have been in town recently I was so caught up
with things to do that I did not even know whether I would have
lunch at all-— but one of mgr jobs did get done at lunch. Other-
wise if I had had More time I would have contacted you. Later
perhaps. All best wishes— and blessings. Avoid fluL

in Christ the Lord

/_.14 LM

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