I
live in a land 
beyond
the bells.
No
church bells
tolling
the toiling 
of
men and women,
beast
and God. 
No
school bells 
called
to life
by
girls and boys
in
sweaty jeans,
pulling
on a gnarly
rope.
It is only
now,
as I listen
to
the gathering
silence,
that I miss
the
bells.
John
Robert McFarland
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