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TO DUKE ELLINGTON

June 21, 2020

Folder No 10--The Moon Grows and Other PoemsTO DUKE ELLINGTON

Written at St. John Terrell's Music Circus

I know what you mean
And are saying-
Those times so few
That are felt so fully.
I know so well
That it is too personal to clap­
Don't ask me to.
I am too full with feeling
To jump around.
I am stunned and paralyzed­
Clapping would be vulgar
And not right.

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