- (Adapted from Jenny Joseph's poem
- 'When I Am An Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple')
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- When I am a little girl, I shall wear purple
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- And maybe a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit
me
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- And I shall dream of meadows with butterflies and summer
scarves
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- And oh, leather scandals and drinking goat's milk with
Pawpaw
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- I shall splash in summer puddles and catch fireflies
in the twilight
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- I will rescue broken birds, learn to yodel and catch
the fog in my hands
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- I will roller skate, and visit secret waterfalls that
lay deep in wooded valleys
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- I will close my eyes and wish real hard that I will
stay forever nine
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- I will move mountains with my faith, and plant fields
of dancing flowers
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- I shall creep out at night and scatter joy-peace-love
and kindness
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- I shall wrap myself in floral scarves and dance in a
hidden holler field
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- And in my Land of Peace only the children shall rule
in laughter
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- But I have to leave for a little while
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- To prepare a banquet of peace for you
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- A place of sanctuary where war does not live.
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- Photographer Mike Moore, The
Mirror-UK
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