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MY CONFESSION by ANNA MANLEY GALT

First Line: SOME PEOPLE WANT THEIR SUNSETS
Last Line: I'M GLAD MY HAIR IS GRAY!
Subject(s): CONTENTMENT; SIMPLICITY;

Some people want their sunsets
Twenty colors in a row.
I like as well an evening
With just a purple glow.

Some adore a banquet...
Crystal, silver, shaded lights;
But I love toast and applesauce
On crispy winter nights.

I know it is most orthodox
To long to meet a king;
But I enjoy my laundress
Who doesn't own a thing!

And when it comes to my own looks
Such candor I display...
I know it's strange, but really
I'm glad my hair is gray!



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