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Marvin Bell - To Dorothy

You are not beautiful, exactly.
You are beautiful, inexactly.
You let a weed grow by the mulberry
And a mulberry grow by the house.
So close, in the personal quiet
Of a windy night, it brushes the wall
And sweeps away the day till we sleep.

A child said it, and it seemed true:
"Things that are lost are all equal."
But it isn't true. If I lost you,
The air wouldn't move, nor the tree grow.
Someone would pull the weed, my flower.
The quiet wouldn't be yours. If I lost you,
I'd have to ask the grass to let me sleep.

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Poet: Marvin Bell
Poem: To Dorothy
Poem of the Day: Oct 17 2007

Comment 1 of 1, added on October 17th, 2007 at 10:16 AM.

what a wonderful love song....I've had total treat to read it and i wouls try to discover more from this poet....Thank you

islander from France

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