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Theseus Descending
There must be 101 ways to hurt. All of them are rotten. Some of them change us. Even tiny things can pack a wallop. Consider these five: a hornet sting on the hand; a scratch across the eye; a kidney stone on its journey; a gout flare in the toe; and a burned finger on…
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Water Grave
Feelin’ downcast, feelin’ down, staring empty at the groundEyelids drooping, face a frown, don’t want anyone aroundSilent now the youthful sounds, buried underneath the brownEarthen packing ‘round the crowns, clutching firm the ones who drowned. Frigid waters licking clean the wounds from all the years between likeHockey games for skating teens who spilled their blood…
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Hosanna’s Song
Lyrics Hush-a-bye my love, hush-a-bye my doveFind your rest, upon my breast, and sleepListen now and hear, about my love so dearSilent now, you’re sleeping now so deep. Hosanna praise the name, praise his holy nameOf the one, God’s only son, the KingHosanna child so fine, gift of God, now mineMy baby bright, into the…
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My Father-in-Law’s Eightieth Birthday Song
To the tune of Swipesy, by Scott Joplin Lyrics This is our birthday song for Jim nowIf someone loved music and he lived a really long time, tell me what would he do?If he liked the syncopation and the LOUD and the soft, tell me what would he do?He’d start on the piano when he…
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Jubal’s Song
Lyrics Comfy warm inside the womb until you breathed the air, the bitter chillToo much! The noise, the light, the thrill, we wrapped you snug, for resting still.Your mother rocked her child at last, what newborn ever drank so fast?Such little fingers reaching out, and quiv’ring lip, a tiny pout! Jubal, Jubal, Jubilee. Welcome to…
