Hear me
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the poem as
an MP3 file.
Watch me
read
the poem as
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Audio and Video Music:
Gymnopedie 1.
By Erik Satie.
Music free to use
at YouTube.
Give me just this
moment, please, forever.
Replicate it for me on demand.
As I flow unceasingly downriver,
Do not make me leave this day behind.
Understand my bittersweet confusion
As graduation crystallizes youth,
Tallying my treasures with precision,
Illuminating well a wistful truth.
Out of all my moments pluck this one,
Nor let me lose its grace when it is gone.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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