Poetry again, some of it repeated because Fiorella never did put her whimsy in order.....
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The first poem she can find, probably written in Junior High:
The Quest
The pond 's o'er froze, the corn is blight
The fields frost over silver white
The ice-bound branches of the trees
Are breaking in the winter breeze
The ground is hard, the sky is bare
The sobbing wind alone disturbs the air
And cries aloud its grief, unreconciled
As Ceres searches for her missing child
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Marionette
Dress the corpse in red and bright
And paint her pretty face--
Tie lines onto her hands and feet
And make her dance in place
If you hold her jaw just so
And pull it with a string,
Supply a voice and words and tune,
She will even sing
Then you can whistle and applaud
Her every sight and sound
Because she is the most alive
Of any corpse around
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I'm drunk on the wine of glory
Red-nosed and wobbly and gay!
So what if I day tomorrow
At least I have lived for today!
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Unfortunately, Fiorella has written loads of poetry, but hasn't labeled it in any way but titles. Anyone want to come over and help her?
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