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Farewell Princess
PK Harris Patricia 1 If only we'd been granted time To say goodbye As you climbed into the golden soul ship Decorated with pink rose petals A wealth of smiles As you are gently blown into the unknown By the breath of our kisses And prayers But we can only gaze upon the shadow Growing smaller That the departing ship casts upon the hard ground And cling to memories As we laugh and cry in turn Addressing our own humanity And fumble in a dry-throat darkness For a tumbler of water That is no longer there 2 Princess Petal I liked you 'cos you always got the joke And, to be honest, There are so few like you I've met The pain, the hurt The dark nights The silly wigs, the funny side Well, I'm afraid It's one joke I don't get 3 The joy of letters that delight In upper-cut and lower case Images that duck and dive And nip and tuck in cut and paste Surrealistly cool, the humour Of the English School, the odd nut-case Art that happens in the head Conceived and shared in Fluxy space Reminding us that life is fun And art's a game of kiss and chase A life left like a post-it note To take us to a happier place Roger Stevens aka Radio Christmas Eve 2001 |
