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Poems by a Little Girl

by Hilda Conkling

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Song for a Play

Soldier drop that golden spear!
Wait till the fires arise!
Wait till the sky drops down and touches the spear,
Crystal and mother-of-pearl!
The sunlight droops forward
Like wings.
The birds sing songs of sun-drops.
The sky leans down where the spear stands upward...
I hear music...
It is the end...

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