Mary Angela Douglas Poems

dream, she sighed and dipped her wand in starlight
over the castle, the drawbridge, moat and all.
dream, she cried, a long, long time
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the sword in the stone. the jewel in its setting.
a flicker of light they lightly said through a turgid wood.
old legends.
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it makes you sad
when dark waters under moonlight
no longer reflect:
as in the fairy tale of the end.
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for causes that are trends
they will roll out the flower seed carpet
and in a time lapsed dream of all Dreams
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fall into God as into a snowbank,
you will not freeze.
or into april's breeze.
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what is the location of your emergency
said someone on the line
is it behind the eyes or farther back
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the story in which bright things happen to you
is not to be disparaged
it is your carriage waiting
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these are the showroom cakes why
don't they ever say to you
in the bakeries:
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[again, for Ray Bradbury]

the candy emporiums
the sleight of hand shadows
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[where troubles melt like lemon drops
away above the chimney tops
that's where you'll find me!
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