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CAROUSEL

MERRY GO ROUND
MERRY GO ROUND
HELD BY MY PARENT
ON A MERRY GO ROUND
WHEN I WAS SMALL
AND THE WORLD WAS TALL
CHASED BY DRAGONS
OR PERSUING THEM
ON HORSES, LIONS OR FANTASIES
WHICH NEVER WERE
BUT REAL TO ME
ON THE MERRY GO ROUND
THE MERRY GO ROUND
HELD BY MY PARENTS
WHEN I WAS SMALL
THEN LATER I WAS TOO GROWNUP
EXCEPT TO ESCORT A GIRL
THEN LATER I WAS TOO GROWNUP
EXCEPT TO ESCORT A WIFE
UNTIL NOW WHEN I AM MUCH GROWNUP
I STILL FIND
THE MUSIC OF THE CAROUSEL
INVITING
EXCITING
I WILL NOT RIDE THE SEATS
PROVIDED FOR THE OLD
NO
I MUST MOUNT A HORSE
A LION
OR A FANTASY
IT MUST MOVE
AS IT MOVES ME
TO BE A CHILD AGAIN
IN A WORLD
THAT OFTEN
HAS GROWN
TOO TALL


f. a. vollmer