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Show MY FIVE YEAR OLD BOY SHIRLEY MERRITT Hey Charlie Brown! Let's tie your shoe. Trip-skip, hop-skip, slide, stop. Hey Momma-womma! I brought these for you. Golden dandelions, bright as the day. Soft brown arms, puppy-wet kiss. Let's play! Let's color! Don't go away! What took you so long? Ten bits of gold to flower a cup. MmmmRrrfff! Don't sit on the pup. She likes it. She's hungry. We both need some bread. Grubby child-hands dappled with stain. How they tug on the heart and give cheery pain. 42 SILENT, SOFT AND MIDNIGHT FALLS THE HOUR GORDON SORENSEN Silent, soft and midnight falls the hour Through cat-shadowed moonlight. Sleep comes near And whispers with a rummied rhythm Tempting to a troubled mind. Put away your thoughts of riches, Put away your heart's desire: I'll give you wealth and fortune I'll give you loves that stay. Sleep's face was bold and pleasing As I walked alone at night, But sleep has its own comfort And cloaks a mind that sees. So I walked the town at midnight, And learned to love The trees. 43 |