Forty

Music: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland,
der von uns den Gottes Zorn wandt (BWV 665).
By J.S. Bach.
Sequenced by Margareth Greentree at Kunst der Fuge.

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Forty has a restless inner life
Opening a smorgasbord of choices.
Restricted long to a much-treasured wife,
The rebel hungers for a thousand voices,
Youthful dreams in which the heart rejoices.

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