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MOOD by DOROTHY ALLISON

First Line: FLOATING LIKE A DUST MOAT
Last Line: BUT LITTLE LAMENTS IN A ROW.
Subject(s): GAYS & LESBIANS; LOSS; HOMOEROTICISM; LESBIANS; GAY WOMEN; GAY MEN;

Floating like a dust moat,
Softly now a song
Lingers in my heart --
Sad and slow and sometimes still.
I hardly think it worth the singing,
For the music is all dull
With no cool sparkle,
And the words are nothing at all
But little laments in a row.



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