May We Never Forbear Their Cleverness

I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom;
I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume.
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhyme,
Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time.

Twelfth of Never
Songwriters: Jerry Livingston / Paul Webster

A love song that blooms with perfume and rhyme,
Even when bluebells, clover and poets run out of time.
Words, may we never forbear their cleverness.
Let us birth verses until the twelfth of neverness.

It’s been, and it shall be, a long, long time of runic
and a Poe-, Shakespeare- and Plath- worn tunic.
Ever-creating from Adam to now, and past these days.
Love is at our fingertips, working a well-begotten phrase.

10/28/2022
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Buhagiar Avatar
October 28, 2022 at 1:15 PM
You emulated the song perfectly. Well done.
Rodrigues Avatar
October 28, 2022 at 1:22 PM
Thank you, my dear friend! :)
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