MY CLOSET

See it there! My closet-- The place of my birth The one single place

On the face of the earth That I can call home.

Here in my closet Is where I reside

In the off-duty moments When my other side

Like the man that he is Goes into the world,

The wind and the weather To bring home the means To keep us together.

See it there! My closet-- It's door is so small

But on the far side

Is a symphony hall!

And a place of adventure.

See it there! My closet- A home for my spirit It's call so insistant

I cannot but hear it.

In it's drawers, on it's shelves My closet holds treasures

In colors resplendent

That wealth of attire On which I'm dependent.

My closet, the on ramp To the freeway of bliss

With the wondrous conversion

Of Mister to Miss

So that I too may live.

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