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THE CONSPIRACY by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG

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First Line: MY MOTHER GAVE ME TO THE MOONS
Last Line: TO BE AFRAID OF CHANGE.
My mother gave me to the moons,
And gave in turn the moons to me,
One midnight when she sang her tunes
To a baby on her knee.

I saw a kingdom in the sky;
And as I watched it move and shine,
I stretched my arms out with a cry,
Knowing the moon was mine.

Though I have seen the right turn wrong,
And common things grow strange,
O I have watched the moons too long
To be afraid of change.


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