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Isn't it baffling?
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Curious post-script?
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What is she thinking of?
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Why is she sending me love?
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Isn't it amusing, I have read every last book
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But I can't help feeling there's something I still overlook
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So I search the page for what's hidden from view
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What does she mean by love?
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It's lost on me
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I only wish I knew
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I've read the works of Shakespeare
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I can quote Lovelace and Gray
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But maybe I don't understand what they're trying to say
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So I search the page
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Is there something I've missed?
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What does she mean by love?
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It's just a word, but one that I resist
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Childhood memories
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Long ago feelings
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All that's lost in the past
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Love is not meant to last
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Jerusha
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What am I afraid of?
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It's just a line that she sent
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Written in haste, I can't bother to know what she meant
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But I search the page for what words might reveal
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What does she mean by love and what does she intend to make me feel?
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I am just a fool
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An imposter and a fake
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Like the Lady of the Lake
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I'm drowning in the waves of my deceit
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But rescued by your face each time we meet
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If I tell you the truth at last
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Would I lose your esteemed affection?
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Would you hate me and curse my name?
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I'd only have myself to blame
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So why upset you now
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When we can still be friends
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As the truth just slightly bends
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I'm happy in my mad hypocrisy
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Pretending I'm the man I'll never be
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Somewhat amusing
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A semblance of style
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Certainly better than many a letter
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I've read in a while
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But what makes me chuckle
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Lo and behold!
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She thinks I'm old
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And crusty, too, perhaps
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And cold
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She thinks I'm old
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A misconceit has taken hold
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Good punctuation
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The humour is quaint
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And reading her prose I suppose
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Is more fun than, say
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Watching the drying of paint
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But it's sort of funny
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In its own sort of way
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She thinks I'm grey
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Why she thinks so I can't say
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She thinks I'm grey
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And no doubt withering away
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But I made clear my obligation
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Does not include communication
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A girl could lead to aggravation
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Boys never question their patron's appearance
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They'd never consider such gross interference
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Boys are less trouble in my estimation
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My appearance should mean as little to her as hers to me!
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Is she fair or dark, fat or thin
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Short or tall, I've no idea!
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And no wish to know
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What does it matter?
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She has a brain
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That's what matters
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A brain, and a wit
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And a fearless turn of phrase
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This girl deserves her chance!
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A good education
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Is all that she'll need
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Then she'll go on to write
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A triumphant first novel
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The great literati will read
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She'll be the crème de le crème
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The talk of the town
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A prominent author of world renown
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While I'll look on from the side
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Glowing with pride
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Knowing how it all began
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Content to remain in the shadows
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A girl-hating grey old man
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I'm a beast
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I'm a disappointment
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And I've earned your contempt
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I was rash, I was wrong
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Oh Jerusha, I'm no good at being strong
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So many times I wanted to tell you
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But I lost my nerve
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Now I feel your scorn and frustration
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It's a bitter blow I well deserve
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I'm a beast
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I was overzealous
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Guess I have a jealous heart
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I was daft, I was blind
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But Jerusha, I never meant to be unkind
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Dear Miss Abbot
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I put pen to paper with some trepidation
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But with the feeling after your last letter
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That I really do owe you some sort of response
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I want to write you back
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But I don't know what to say
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How can I explain that I'm not really...
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And I'm not at all the man that you imagine
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No I'm not at all the man you would expect
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But Jerusha, would you object?
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Of course I write in contravention of my own rules of engagement
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Which forbid any sort of communication from me to you
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But only last month I was guilty of sending you a bouquet of flowers
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So perhaps the damage is already done
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And it's getting very hard to abstain from a response
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Especially for a man who loves to correspond
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For I long to interject my observations
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I'm bursting with opinions and advice
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But Jerusha, would they suffice?
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I shall motor up to the college one of these afternoons and introduce myself
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But I must warn you
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I'm not good at friendship
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I'm not good at attachment
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Or family or commitment
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I roundly despise my relations
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You're acquainted already with Julia
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Who I blame for my low expectations
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Jerusha
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So perhaps it isn't wise to reveal myself just yet
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Why not meet you first as the man I really am?
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Why not introduce myself as Julia's uncle?
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Daddy just for now remains discreet
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So Jerusha, when shall we meet?
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Now what can I do
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For what you have given me came out of the blue
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The love I've lost in you, my friend
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