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A Stone for Bessie Smith
Dory Previn

isn't it amazingnshakes you to the bonenshe bought a stonenfor bessie smithnshe bought bessie smithna stonenshe got it fornher grave-sitenon a temporary loannbut she forgotnshe had not paidnfor her ownnshe forgot she had not paidnshe forgot she had not paidnafter all the contractsnand arrangements had been madenshe went to bessie's gravenand marked it with a stonenbut she stillnhad to pay for her ownnnshe went homento her class reunionnwhere a class-matenhe confessednshe wouldn't want thisngetting outnbut she used to be the bestnin school she was a nice girlnas descent as the restnthough she never wasnconservatively dressednnisn't it amazingnyou think she could've knownnshe bought a stonenfor bessie smithnshe bought bessie smithna stonenshe got it fornher grave-sitenon a temporary loannbut she forgotnshe had not paidnfor her ownnshe forgot she had not paidnshe forgot she had not paidnno sooner had the lettersnon the deed begun to fadenwhen her ashes had been scatterednbeen battered and been blownnshe still had to paynfor her ownnshe knewnmiss gloria swansonnon a tv show they metnthey talked acrossna hundred yearsnmiss gloria's with us yetnbut janis was a gamblernwho'd already lost a betnand the time had comento settle upnher debtnnisn't it amazingnshakes you to the bonenshe bought a stonenfor bessie smithnshe bought bessie smithna stonenshe got it upnfor bessienon a temporary loannbut she forgotnshe had not paidnfor her own.


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