mj@pur-ee.UUCP (06/28/83)
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ecn-ec!mj Jun 27 09:46:00 1983
Still more from the Nash/Kostelanetz/Ustinov album:
Waltz of the Flowers
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Strike up the waltz! The flowers all
Assemble for the victory ball!
Below the wide triumphal arch,
Behold, a garden on the march!
The air with iridescence loaded
As if a rainbow had exploded.
They swing and circle, swoop and dip,
But with such delicate mastership
That not a gossamer thread is torn
By catching on a partner's thorn.
A wildflower interrupts the waltz
By turning double somersaults,
And now all the flowers advance,
All swirling in the victory dance
Until the blazing ballroom seems
A gaudy carnival of dreams.
Of dreams designed for child's delight,
To dream this night, and every night.
[music]
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Mark A. Johnson Purdue University decvax!pur-ee!mj
(317) 743-2548