Twenty-Eight

Music: Prelude in B-flat minor
By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Twenty-eight's a rose in perfect bloom Weathering a mild, sunny spring. Each day sustains a rapture deep and blue, No hint of ultimate darkness seeping through, Though roses are well-versed in suffering. Yet now, for happiness, there's ample room. Even mystics, lovers of the night, In darkness feel the same rhapsodic madness Given all who keep the sky in view, Heaven light or dark, in joy or sadness, The lovely rose afire with delight.