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No Fool (Reprise)
Story told to the poet in childhood by her mother
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A folktale told
In far Japan
Relates there was
A prosp’rous man
Whose only son… mais 297 palavras
Things I Want to Say
They are small and insignificant to most.
Sometimes they make me cry.
Still, I hold them in…
I lie.
They are deep and dark and felt. mais 53 palavras
Peanuts and Emeralds (Reprise)
Story told to the poet in childhood by her mother
*****
An actress in both movies and in plays
A famous gracious beauty of her day… mais 257 palavras
Potent Poison
I thought I could be Pygmalion
and you, my ivory sculpture
A ghost that I could nurse to life
Though I caught hints of what you were from the start, mais 162 palavras
Wisdom, Wit and Nourishment (Reprise)
Story told to the poet in childhood by her mother
*****
My mother told me once a tale
A lovely ancient legend of
About a very wealthy man… mais 702 palavras
