like a song arrested

                when speech becomes a crime
                silence leads the spirit
                over the bridge of time
                Paul Simon 1999

There once was an old woman.
She said she’d been borne
to us, here, by the sea.

She had shells and change to gamble
but she didn't swear on anything.
She held our hands.

We felt we’d dawn
until she moved
like a song arrested.

Here, once, was an old woman.
She said she’d been borne 
to us, here, by the sea.

She left us
shells and change to gamble.

calaya 


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