lirik lagu edna st. vincent millay - childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies
childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age
the child is grown, and puts away childish things
childhood is the kingdom where n0body dies
n0body that matters, that is. distant relatives of course
die, whom one never has seen or has seen for an hour
and they gave one candy in a pink~and~green stripéd bag, or a jack~knife
and went away, and cannot really be said to have lived at all
and cats die. they lie on the floor and lash their tails
and their reticent fur is suddenly all in motion
with fleas that one never knew were thеre
polished and brown, knowing all therе is to know
trekking off into the living world
you fetch a shoe~box, but it’s much too small, because she won’t curl up now:
so you find a bigger box, and bury her in the yard, and weep
but you do not wake up a month from then, two months
a year from then, two years, in the middle of the night
and weep, with your knuckles in your mouth, and say oh, god! oh, god!
childhood is the kingdom where n0body dies that matters
—mothers and fathers don’t die
and if you have said, “for heaven’s sake, must you always be kissing a person?”
or, “i do wish to gracious you’d stop tapping on the window with your thimble!”
tomorrow, or even the day after tomorrow if you’re busy having fun
is plenty of time to say, “i’m sorry, mother.”
to be grown up is to sit at the table with people who have died
who neither listen nor speak;
who do not drink their tea, though they always said
tea was such a comfort
run down into the cellar and bring up the last jar of raspberries;
they are not tempted
flatter them, ask them what was it they said exactly
that time, to the bishop, or to the overseer, or to mrs. mason;
they are not taken in
shout at them, get red in the face, rise
drag them up out of their chairs by their stiff shoulders and shake
them and yell at them;
they are not startled, they are not even embarrassed; they slide
back into their chairs
your tea is cold now
you drink it standing up
and leave the house
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