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Love Is a ripe plum Growing on a purple tree. Taste it once And the spell of its enchantment
Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness— Touching my body of utter death— Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliv… The flaming source of your bright…
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you’re in a hurry— That’s the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar
When Susanna Jones wears red her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumphets, J… When Susanna Jones wears red
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams
I’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
Fine living . . . a la carte? Come to the Waldorf—Astoria! LISTEN HUNGRY ONES! Look! See what Vanity Fair says… new Waldorf—Astoria: