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Christmas at Dawn I saw the sun on Christmas morn Arise to herald newly born The One who flung him into space Before...

Apple Pie Dream I brought an apple pie to bed And set it down beside my head. And when I fell asleep that...

Derrida And The Umbrella Have you ever helped a Deconstructionist? It had begun to drizzle and I had an umbrella, but the great French...

James’s Magic Coat O! James had a great big swallow-tailed coat, And in it James would rise and float. What joy it was...

Nightsnow Silently, silently. Silently, silently. All through the night through the air to the ground. Flake upon flake upon flake upon...

One And One As long as one and one make two And two divide to one I know that night will have the...

Othering If the sky were orange and the sun were blue; If swallows swam and flounder flew; If the stars shone...

Peter’s Christening The day that Peter Hanes was born An angel sounded Heaven’s horn; And every cloud that heard the blast Released...

Swimming To Heaven It wasn’t the same now when they returned to the sea. He’d spoiled everything, ruined them for the world; their...

The Falling Rain The rain falls down from a great, great height. It comes down through a leak in the sky. Through a...

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