illustration by Cindie Flannigan
Pharaohs and phalanxes, Caesars of Rome
Far-away soldiers longing for home
Battles and brandishments, cannon-shot fire
Beware hooded Death in the trench and the mire.
Witches of midnight, Goddess of Spring,
Corinthian columns and vases of Ming.
Orchards of sunfruit that ripen the sky
Feed earthbound children learning to fly.
This is the house with the Tiffany lamp
and the Tiffany desk and the Tiffany clock.
If you open the Tiffany door to the closet,
you’ll find Tiffany shoes and one Tiffany sock.
See the Tiffany jewels by the Tiffany bed,
two Tiffany dresses in purple and blonde.
Tiffany roses in a Tiffany vase,
there’s even a Tiffany duck in a pond.
The Tiffany bike has a Tiffany chain,
the rain runs down a Tiffany drain.
The Tiffany clown cries Tiffany tears…
But we haven’t seen Tiffany in years.
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