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Facing
Facts (or Robots Bring Breakfast in Bed):
found in "from kentucky roots"
Falling stars are only
chunks of burning stone
scientists say, and they alone
cannot make a wish come true.
"Starlight, star bright..."
And the first evening star
does not guarantee
fulfilled wishes.
Leprechauns in a ring
are only figments
of the imagination
and a four-leaf clover
is merely a natural phenomenon.
The pot of gold
at the rainbow's end
has been thoroughly debunked
and the sun is not drawn
through the sky by fiery horses
for they know--now--
that the earth revolves
once-every-twenty-four hours
on its axis.
"Once upon a time..."
"Happily ever after..."?
Time marches on;
the magic is all gone.
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