For Margaret Palmer
who died suddenly at two months old
Life is brief and grief is long,
Joy is deep and sorrow wide,
Love is heavier than song,
Life is brief and grief is long.
The lullaby is right, is wrong:
Hunger, kisses, milk, and sleep.
Life is brief and grief is long,
Sorrow wide as joy is deep.
A.E. Stallings
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Wow.
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