Mortal
if it meant
she could
she would
she’d suit him up
and send him
high
straight for
the magic pie
that Armstrong ate
the slice that made him
dance on air
and nothing was hard
up there
like it was down here
where a maze of medicine
can slow it
not stop it
and she knows those
who’ve been there
who are there
but it’s different
when it’s your door
and the kids are yours
and they don’t know
what you know
and how can you explain
what you haven’t yourself
only that
we but live
of us all
on a watch
of gold
not ours
to wear
and so it is
and so it was
and so it will be
for we are
what we are
not born
of this
lest we forget
from time to time
He will remind
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