Easter Lilies

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For a long while she stood in the 
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flower shop window
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The daffodils dearest at this 
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time of year
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Inside she emptied her purse on 
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the counter
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I want to buy all of the daffodils 
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here
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By her eyes it was plain to see 
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she'd been crying
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As she tucked back a loose strand 
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of hair from her face
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I want to spend all of my money on 
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flowers
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And I need every daffodil here in
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 this place


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Clutching her harvest, a cornsheaf
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 of flowers
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She clambered aboard the late 
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rush hour tram
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And by Schweigaadsgate, a small 
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pool of water
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Had formed on the floor as if wrung 
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from her hands
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It all seemed to add to the lost 
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look about her
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As the grey rattling city went 
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rumbling past
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She sat like a small child 
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testing for butter
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Her face lit in yellow from the 
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flowers tightly clasped


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Once in her apartment, she lay 
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down the blooms
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Divided them up into glasses and
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 jars
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'Til daffodils filled every 
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space in the room
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Then she lit every candle she could 
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find in the house
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She bathed and she dressed and 
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corked open champagne
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Which made pigeons fly from her 
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window cill
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Then closing the curtains on the 
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birds and the rain
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She stood among flickering daffodils


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Surrounded and centred she 
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pondered her feelings
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Sofa'd and cushioned on feathers
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 she lay
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Holding on to the pillows, lest 
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she float to the ceiling
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And just like the cigarette smoke 
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drift away
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She wondered just where the wind 
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might deliver
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An unwritten letter in a torn 
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envelope
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Though candlelight warmed, she 
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suddenly shivered
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And the yellow flowers shimmered 
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with brightness and hope.