Alice+Walker

=**Alice Walker**=

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__**The Old Man Used to Sing**__
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they Were born Knowing how to Gently swing A casket They shuffled softly Eyes dry More awkward with the flowers Than with the widow After they'd put the Body in And stood around waiting In their Brown suits.

__**Walker**__

When I no longer have your heart I will not request your body your presence or even your polite conversation. I will go away to a far country separated from you by the sea -on which I cannot walk- and refrain even from sending letters describing my pain.

__**The Dream Keeper**__

I loved my friend. He went away from me. There's nothing more to say. The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my friend.

__**Dreams**__

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is broken-winged bird That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.