Thirteen

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Audio and Video Music:
Entrance to the Queen of Sheba.
By George Frideric Handel.
Performed by The Advent
Chamber Orchestra
at the Free Music Archive
under an Attribution-Share Alike
license.

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Thirteen is a very lucky age!
Happiness comes tumbling out the door
Instantly a-giggle with a friend,
Returning with the bounce of empty bliss.
There's no better ecstasy than this,
Even when the strange teen changes end,
Even when one finally knows the score.
No time of life's more bubbly than this stage.

Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.

Audio and Video Music: Entrance to the Queen of Sheba.
By George Frideric Handel. Performed by The Advent Chamber Orchestra
at the Free Music Archive under an Attribution-Share Alike license.

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