don’t sweatheart me
you always hurt
the one you love

the music stopped
and her tears
flowed like wine

into each life
some rain must fall
I’ll get by

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Day 86 of 100 of a magical challenge that combines my love for music and my desire that some day I will write yet again. The poem above is a collage of song titles that topped the charts throughout the year 1944. My rather exciting goal is to create one “collage poem” every day for 100 consecutive days.