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SEEKING LOVE by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM

First Line: HE SAID HE KNEW NOTHING OF LOVE
Last Line: I DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
Subject(s): LOVE - NATURE OF;
HE said he knew nothing of love,
And asked the flower to tell him what love meant.
The flower turned its face upward,
And sunbeams came to kiss it
While it held the bee in its embrace.
He shook his head -- "I do not understand."

He called upon the bird for love,
And the bird began to sing so sweetly that one could but listen.
A mate was soon returning the serenade;
And then, they met and were off together.
His face was perplexed.

The snow, he thought, might know what love truly was;
But his fleecy friends were seeking peace on earth's warm breast.
He moved slowly on.

I tried to tell him what he sought;
@3Two parts of a soul, that were cut by the shears of God,
Unite -- this is called love.@1
He was solemn.

One night he passed away,
And I saw him in a dream.
"I am in love with Death," he said.
@3I@1 did not understand.



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