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Newsom Joanna

We sailed away on a winter's day With fate as malleable as clay But ships are fallible, I say And the nautical, like all things, fades and I Can recall

Oh, where is your inflammatory writ Your text that would incite a light, "Be lit" Our music deserving devotion unswerving Cry "Do I deserve her?" with

From the courtyard, I floated in and watched it go down. Heard the cup drop; thought, "Well, that's why they keep them around." The blackguard sat hard

Sadie White coat You carry me home And bury this bone And take this pinecone Bury this bone To gnaw on it later, gnawing on the telephone And 'till

I will pack all my pretty dresses I will box up my high-heeled shoes A sparkling ring for every finger I'll put away and hide from view Coats of boucle

I slept all day Awoke with distaste And I railed And I raved That the difference between The sprout and the bean It is a golden ring It is a twisted string

There was a knight and a lady bright And three little babes had she She sent them away to a far country To learn their grammar They hadn't been gone but

Only Skin And there was a booming above you That night, black airplanes flew over the sea And they were lowing and shifting like Beached whales Shelled

Sawdust And Diamonds From the top of the flight Of the wide, white stairs Through the rest of my life Do you wait for me there? There's a bell in my