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TEN.(Poem)

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| January 01, 2001 | Gould, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"Rolling Down to Old Maui"

 
   Say I could give this life back 
   and take another 
   it might suit me very well 
   to be a barefoot island boy 
 
   along for the ride of his life on some 
   immense baurua, 
   out among those Gilbert Islands, 
   where the sky stands back bluegold 
 
   and the blue sea is lacquery 
   with italics of sunlight, 
   where the spacious outrigger lifts 
   gently gently until myself 
 
   and every laugh-headed ...

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