Saturday, October 3, 2015

A Silly Act



I loved a modest maiden once,
     And by her much did tarry;
And then, just like a simpleton,
     I asked her me to marry.

We’re strangers now; we never speak,
     No words the breach can cover;
Where if I’d never married her,
     I might still be her lover.



Oct. 21, ‘95
B. Courier,
Feb. 2, ‘96



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