(Elizabeth McGeown)
Ascocoryne sarcoides
The film where Yul Brynner plays the King,
has at its start a woman and her son
who, moving to a strange place start to sing
about the power whistling gives to one.
has at its start a woman and her son
who, moving to a strange place start to sing
about the power whistling gives to one.
When Jessie saw this film she'd found the key.
She'd whistle! Purse her lips together, blow
and make a noise so shrill that she'd be free
She'd whistle! Purse her lips together, blow
and make a noise so shrill that she'd be free
from all that made her scared. But lips said no.
No sound came out however hard she blew.
She reasoned that a mantra was as good.
A nonsense string of words—and it was true!
It gave her strength when she began to brood.
She reasoned that a mantra was as good.
A nonsense string of words—and it was true!
It gave her strength when she began to brood.
She whispered these words when she felt at risk;
made braver by the 'purple jellydisc'.
made braver by the 'purple jellydisc'.
EM
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