My favorite lines! And, like Thief, I thought of Billie Holiday too!

27’s round the corner,
A couple of moons to get sober.
Tell me, how did you rise above?
Did you tiptoe around the night?
Were you so silent when you went by,
Or was your end assigned for a later date?
And are your words …
Behind the Spyglass
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Jenine Bsharah Baines
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Jul 9, 2024
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My favorite lines! And, like Thief, I thought of Billie Holiday too!
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Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines3K Followers
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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