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MERRY GO ROUND

MERRY GO ROUND

HELD BY MY PARENT

ON A MERRY GO ROUND

WHEN I WAS SMALL

AND THE WORLD WAS TALL

CHASED BY DRAGONS

OR PERSUING THEM

ON HORSES, LIONS OR FANTASIES

WHICH NEVER WERE

BUT REAL TO ME

ON THE MERRY GO ROUND

THE MERRY GO ROUND

HELD BY MY PARENTS

WHEN I WAS SMALL

THEN LATER I WAS TOO GROWNUP

EXCEPT TO ESCORT A GIRL

THEN LATER I WAS TOO GROWNUP

EXCEPT TO ESCORT A WIFE

UNTIL NOW WHEN I AM MUCH GROWNUP

I STILL FIND

THE MUSIC OF THE CAROUSEL

INVITING

EXCITING

I WILL NOT RIDE THE SEATS

PROVIDED FOR THE OLD

NO

I MUST MOUNT A HORSE

A LION

OR A FANTASY

IT MUST MOVE

AS IT MOVES ME

TO BE A CHILD AGAIN

IN A WORLD

THAT OFTEN

HAS GROWN

TOO TALL

f. a. vollmer