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Autumn Leaves

volume 2 number 5

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Secret Songs

by Sondra Ball

Long ago,
her mother sang secret songs
to fire,
to corn,
to morning.
She listened to her mother.
She remembers the songs.
Sometimes,
she sings
to fire,
to corn,
to morning.
But she will not reveal
the words of the songs.
They are her secret.

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