VAGABOND's
HOUSE
Adapted from
Don
Blanding
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West of the sunset
stands a house,
there... and east of
the dawn;
North to the Arctic runs
my yard;
South to the Pole, my
lawn;
Seven seas are to sail
my ships
To the end of the earth
...beyond;
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Drifters' gold is
for me to spend
for I am a vagabond
Fabulous cities are mine
to loot;
Queens of the earth to
wed;
fruits of the world are
mine to eat;
the couch of the king,
my bed;
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All that I see is
mine to keep;
Foolish, the fancy seems
But I am rich with the
world of Sight,
The coin of the realm
of dreams
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When I have a house..as
I sometime may
... I'll suit my fancy
in every way.
I'll fill it with things
that have caught my eye
in drifting from Iceland
to Molakai.
It won't be correct or
in period style,
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But...oh, I've thought
for a long, long while.
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