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gray skies black water too sin in your eyes i see that too
yellow grass gives birth to new hope i take that as a sign and leave
your metallic fingers the last thing on my mind
A speaker walks away from a relationship that has gone bad, and the poem keeps its feelings low and tightly controlled. The first stanza sets a bleak scene: gray skies, black water, and "sin in your eyes." The speaker doesn't shout an accusation.
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