“Prothalamium”<\/p>\n
“Come, all you who are not satisfied<\/p>\n
as ruler in a lone, wallpapered room<\/p>\n
full of mute birds, and flowers that falsely bloom.<\/p>\n
and closets choked with dreams that long ago died!<\/p>\n
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Come, let us sweep the old streets–like a bride:<\/p>\n
sweep out dead leaves with a relentless broom;<\/p>\n
prepare for Spring, as though he were our groom<\/p>\n
for whose light footstep eagerly we bide.<\/p>\n
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We’ll sweep out shadows. where the rats long fed;<\/p>\n
sweep out our shame–and in it’s place we’ll make<\/p>\n
a bower for love, a splendid marriage-bed<\/p>\n
fragrant with flowers acquiver for the Spring.<\/p>\n
And when he comes, our murdered dreams shall wake;<\/p>\n
and when he comes, all the mute birds shall sing.”<\/p>\n
Aaron Kramer.<\/p>\n
Excerpted from “Prodigal Summer”, author Barbara Kingsolver,<\/p>\n
published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.,<\/p>\n
10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022.<\/p>\n
Remarkably heartfelt, this novel quite moved me.<\/p>\n
Islander.<\/p>\n
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We’ll sweep out shadows, where the rats<\/p>\n
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