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Still Minor
by
Thomas James Allen

  1. Inspiration
  2. Morning Mist
  3. Change It
  4. Windblown
  5. To Cheryl
  6. Family
  7. A Ring for a Finger
  8. A Lifetime
  9. A Tear on the Edge
  10. Variations In and Out
  11. Metamorphosis 2
  12. Changed
  13. To Jon, A Poet
  14. Summertime
  15. Cooling
  16. Ripples on the Lake
  17. Stairs, Stars
  18. Ants and Men
  19. Someone Who Loves You Is Dying
  20. Captured Stars
  21. Hopped Up Racer
  22. Springside Reflections

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Stairs, Stars

Reaching for the stairway rail,
In vain;
My face and hands are turning pale;
I'm fainting.
Insane?
No, just waiting.
The air turned stale
And I fell.
Oh no, no pain,
I'm well.

Just you help me up these stairs today
And I'll be on my way.








Notes:
Written 05-24-1976.


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