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APPARENT PAST
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ANOTHER WOMAN? HOW MANY?
YOU? YOUNG? ANOTHER MAN?
THESE THINGS I CANNOT COMPREHEND.
TWO PEOPLE I HAVE KNOWN ALL MY LIFE.
THE SILLY PURSUITS I NOW ENCOUNTER
WERE NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU HAD BEFORE.
WHERE DID YOU MEET? WHILE FISHING?
NOW THAT’S SILLY.
GOSH, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
WE’D MAKE IT THIS FAR?
WHAT IF THE OTHER MAN
HAD ELOPED SOONER THAN HE,
WOULD THERE BE PROSPERITY?
CHRISTMAS HAS BEEN THE SAME.
SO HAVE BIRTHDAYS THAT NOW UNFOLD.
THE OLD PHOTO ALBUM COLLECTS DUST,
YET IS FILLED WITH ALL THAT MUST.
WHO IS THAT MAN? SANTA CLAUSE?
I SEE YOU KISS HIM HERE.
I’M SO GLAD IT WASN’T AN IMPOSTER, I WOULD FEAR.
HOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN TO BE YOUNG!
A WORLD BEYOND YOU, A SONG NOT SUNG!
NOW WE SING TOGETHER… SUCH A WARMTH.
THE CHILD OF YOUR CHILD JOINS THAT TROUPE.
SHE WILL ADORE US, AS YOU BOTH ADORE HER.
SHE WILL NOT BE TORMENTED, I HOPE,
ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE IF YOU DID NOT ELOPE.
NOW, FORMER LOVERS HAVE PASSED YOU BY.
IT’S SO SAD TO SEE YOU CRY.
PLEASE DO NOT SHED A TEAR.
TRUE LOVE IS BEFORE YOU, HERE. |
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MARK VILLEGAS
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
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