Today’s New Verse News: LULLABY
by William Aarnes
“Lullaby,” lithograph by Henry Moore (1973) via Henry Moore Foundation collection.
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for Hale
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Sleep, child; we hope you stay unharmed while you grow wise, while you grow wise. Your mother hopes you stay unharmed though forests burn and oceans rise. Your father hopes you stay unharmed though despots rule with goons and lies. Your parents hope you stay unharmed though wars drag on with drone-filled skies Sleep, child; we hope we stay unharmed till you’ve grown wise, till you’ve grown wise.
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William Aarnes lives in New York.