They didn’t say, and so br They suffered, the long-drawn br Breath between the lie and br The cover-up - the shrill of br Silence, the master and br The servant - she’s labored br In the gold and fortune, though br The presence of wealth is not br So fortunate, always - there is br A story of a spinning wheel and br A girl who was destined for br Eternal slumber, I believe she br Was a princess, or some br Royal manifestation - anyway, br She pricked her finger and br Off to sleep she ventured, br As predicted. br The longest silence interposed, br Between the germ of birth and br Mounded meadows - every br Subject’s sleeping fancy, dreams br Of diamonds, silk and dancing - br One more moment till the br Waking - a pause to dream br And dream some more.