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| Sylvia Manning stands behind Judith Janoo in blue on the right. |
Valentine
for Little Girl
Little one in line
in San Antonio yesterday,
if you were mine
I’d have brought you up and away
if you were mine
I’d have brought you up and away
just like your mother did,
she whom you stand beside,
a tired but very glad kid
after that long bus ride
she whom you stand beside,
a tired but very glad kid
after that long bus ride
from wherever you had to wait
until those big folk let you go.
Finally you’re here, and not too late
to smile for all of San Antonio.
until those big folk let you go.
Finally you’re here, and not too late
to smile for all of San Antonio.
One of us will learn your name,
where you’re from, and your mother’s.
If we never see you again, all the same,
you have our hearts, you and the others.
where you’re from, and your mother’s.
If we never see you again, all the same,
you have our hearts, you and the others.
Sylvia Manning, Feb.
6, 2019
