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by Donna Hruska

Published in The Galley Slave column, THE NEW WORLD, February 26, 1966.

SING NO LAMENTS FOR ME

Sing no laments for me

Because my hours are long,

Because my thanks are few.

True, there are lands unvisited,

Joys unknown.

I cannot seek life’s riches

With sheer abandon as once I might.

But there are moments,

More precious because they are few,

When I can write a verse

Or read a book.

And I am paid in little things—

A passing smile,

A pleading glance.

I can heal a finger or a broken heart

With just a kiss.

No, sing no laments for me,

For to some, I am the center of their world. . .

I cannot ask for more.

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