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SUNDAY PRAYER, clxix
time & time again
is it i wish i had a partner
who would dream into my mouth
the nimble north to my south
& flowers, o the flowers in her hair
& the fables in her icy stare
the songs that she becomes for me
my angel fair who cares for me
but time & time again
i have another dream, you see
and in it i am alone
i am ally ally oxen free
& in it my sadness is an engine
a willful thankless child of vengeance
i never met a tear i could not steer
or a man i could not stand
i am i am
but you're a birthday,
deep with the dayshine
dusk to a moonbreak,
the dust of keepsakes
time & time again, i am i am
das - little egypt, u.s.a.