Ste. Anne

When I am summer rain drops
That fall on your street.
Put away your umbrella
And smile as we meet.
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I Have a New Job

Companies hire me to sit in their kitchens
Drink coffee, read newspapers, bulletin boards
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I'm not sure how I got here
No memory of where I came from
No crash site that I could ever find
I must have fallen out of the ship
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Very early each morning a girl sews glass beads into a mosaic.
And one by one the stars disappear from the sky.
She doesn't notice this happening
And I don't know if I should tell her.
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Careful, there's a woman in the mall
A sleek fierce woman with a child
Not a borrowed rib from Adam
Nor a blushing fragile rose
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Little Nap loved his Josie
When he said don't wash.
Said let me smell your loveliness
And lie beside you.
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They say love starts in a cloud
And feels its way down to Earth
Like when I say you're beautiful but
Then with a sudden crackling flash
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Her Clothes Declare Their Love

When North wind glows your rosy cheek
And East wind stings its gritty sleet
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Down the street as I walked and walked
A municipal truck came rolling.
It stopped by the curb and I stopped as I walked
To look and to see what would happen.
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Young sparrow sits in a spindly tree
White shirt buttoned up to his throat.
Sings all the long hot afternoon
Oh sweet, oh sweet, oh sweet.
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Sweet scents on an April breeze may softly hint of spring
And stir a yearning in the hearts of those who wander alone
Seeking love and adventure on sun-warmed evening beaches.
But Fate's cruel hand may hide, all feathery and splinter-boned
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Away to the east
And over the sea
Dawn and her legions
Are coming to me.
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