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Dedicated to my dear sweet sister, Lollipop, with all my love. LOLLIPOP This is the story Of a sister of mine The one close to my age Always making me shine Just 13 months younger Born in the world after me Becoming close to each other She was my first sibling to be Now I was a bit jealous at first Almost biting off her baby toe Well I was told that’s what I did I was too young to really know She was named after my mother Nellie Joan being her name given Most family just call her Little Nellie It’s Lolly I said when we were children When I heard a song called Lollipop That immediately became her name Throughout time I tried to say Nellie Never could so it’s Lollipop to remain Nellie means a most beautiful woman Who always has a shining ray of light The one to spiritually enlighten the soul With a path sparked to shine so bright The Joan name means God is gracious A gift from God, sensitive, gentle and kind To lift spirits up and make others happy Following God’s footsteps, the best to find Of course Lolly means something sweet And Lollipop means sucked in by the sun Those who actually know her always say She is sweet and kind, a joy to everyone We became very close to one another Doing everything together as we grew Laughing, singing and dancing with fun In the neighborhood with those we knew Our mom and dad both sang together As they came from singing families too We grew up always singing with them That’s why it’s our favorite thing to do Sometimes we even speak in unison And read each other’s lips to a song Most nights we used to get in trouble For continually singing all night long Time has brought us through the ages I know our harmonizing will never stop These days we aren’t together as much I’ll still always feel a closeness to Lollipop Florence McMillian (Flo)
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