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Indeed, this is a day of celebration. But pictures just aren't enough. I must do something more. Thus, I present to you...
An Ode to Shirley
Oh glorious angel, I pray for thee
You came into this world a beauty
A shimmering star in a world of darkness and hate
Your tender charms and gentle spirit
Truly always a sight to behold
Your beautiful flowing orange hair
Blazing as furiously as the fire in your soul
Indeed, the fire, the love you felt
The love you felt for your man
Alas, a man of ill fate
But your love burned ever brighter
The love you knew, the love you felt
The love that most assuredly
What paltry thing as fate could ever destroy that?
Alas, it seems you've left us too soon
The Fates have conspired, it was not meant to be
Oh, where be your beauty and your charm now?
Where be your kindness and tenderness and charity?
Perhaps it lives on in the heavens
Yes, it lives on forever burning brightly
And yes, your love lives on as well
The love you felt, the love you knew, the love for your man
Your love shining brightly in the sky and dancing in the heavens
Forever it shall stand. Forever and ever.
Adieu, Shirley Fenette
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