CARRY ON TUESDAY
asks us to use the opening words of the film Femme Fatale
'Only in our dreams'
ONLY IN DAY-DREAMS
Only in our day-dreams does everything come right.
Only then do folks agree without the slightest fight.
Only then are wedding days, perfect, without rain,
And childbirth a great experience, without one scrap of pain!
Only then do we marry a truly perfect man,
Who's quite at home with diapers and broom and pot and pan!
Night dreams are quite different, they're often rather sad,
Making us wake in the morning feeling rather less than glad.
Even when we forget them, the 'melody' lingers on,
And, if they're happy, it's so hard to feel that joy has gone.
So concentrate on Day dreams and play at Let's Pretend
Even if reality is driving you round the bend!
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STONE SWEETNESS
I did but see her passing by
And yet her sweetness caught my eye.
Forever she will rise from greenery,
Adding interest to the scenery.
Forever she will hold her urn
Containing the feathers of a fern.
Forever she'll hear the bird-song sung,
Ever innocent, ever young.
But was she, once, a living maid,
A little nervous and afraid
Posing for an artist's eye,
And did he tell her 'Don't be shy.'?
What was her name, how old was she,
The girl with the fragility?
Maybe she married and grew fat;
Maybe not worth looking at.
This statue, alabaster-pale,
Could, if it wanted to, tell a tale.
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