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EIJE~YTHING FALLS ...
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WHEN HOPES A~E HIGH AND WCK AlWlINDS
WHEN gl~DS C~Y OUT, PEOPLE DANCE, CHOI~S SING
,AND THE SOliND OF LAliGHTE~ IS HEA~D FO~ HILES A~OllND ...
EIJE~YTHING FALLS
WHEN THE STA~S SHINE, THE HOON GLMES WITH INSIDIOliS EYES
AND THE SUN SWEATS ONTO ALL
EIJE~YTHING WILL FALL
gliT WHAT AgOliT SOHETHING DIFFE~ENT,
SOHETHING PLAIN, SOHETHING PlI~E, SOHETHING SPENT
A~E THE~E ANY OF THOSE THAT WILL FALL?
WILL THE SPI~IT OF HOPE, THE GHOST OF JOY,
THE HI~~O~ED HAPPINESS OF CHILD~EN ANI) THE AGEl)
WILL THAT JOIN IN THE FALL'
SOHETIHES ( WONDE~, WHAT TWISTS,
WHAT TlJ~NS lIPON THIS HIGHWAY OF LIFE,
AND WITH DETOll~S AND ALL,
WHE~E WILL EIJE~YTHING FALL'
WILL (, WILL vou, WILL WE, U THE SAHE SNAKE
SLlTHE~ING IN A IJALLEY OF WANT AND DESI~E?
WHO KNOWS ...
WHE~E WE LIE IN THE END.
"Party of Three," sculpture by Jay T. Levy
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