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DRUMMER'S
LOVE
SONG
He
played
upon
his
shiny
drum
and
sang
love
songs
tenderly;
with
starlit
eyes
she
smiled
at
him
with
love
that
all
could
see.
He
sang
his
songs
with
velvet
voice,
and
oh,
how
she
did
feel!
The
love
that
grew
inside
her
heart
she
knew
was
very
real.
She
came
to
hear
him
every
night,
and
soon
he
loved
her
too;
then
after
hours
they'd
slip
away
to
do
what
lovers
do.
Finality
she
heard
one
night
in
each
beat
of
his
drum.
To
her
he
sang
a
farewell
song;
with
him
she
could
not
come.
Another
job
had
summoned
him,
quite
different
from
before;
it
was
not
about
his
music
--
this
time
the
gig
was
war.
Now
every
night
she
sits
alone
and
gazes
into
space,
his
image
clear
inside
her
mind
which
she
cannot
erase.
She
prays
that
he'll
come
safely
back
and
play
upon
his
drum
and
sing
a
special
song
to
her,
then
she
won't
feel
alone.
Until
he
does,
she'll
wait
for
him
with
feelings
that
are
glum,
her
heart
in
sadness
beating
to
the
rhythm
of
his
drum.
Copyright
©
1976,
2004
Ruth
Gillis
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