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Music: If.
By Peter Rudenko. Performed by Peter Rudenko at the
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Copyright by
Nicholas Gordon
A mother serves her sugar
with
A bit of peppermint
To clarify the passages
That carry what she meant
When she first set to
bear a soul
Quite separate from her own,
Whom she would cherish, yet must teach
To live and die alone.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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