Souls

Souls

Souls float around
The bronze statue
in the university lobby.

One soul spoke: "In the olden days
When souls were wanted, people
Let souls into their bodies,

But people no longer want souls.
We, souls, have no where to live.
Do you think this sweet, innocent

Girl who wears a bonnet with a ribbon
Had a soul when she was alive.?"

"No," the other soul said, "Even
in her time, people refused
the entrance of souls,
but the goat had a soul."


Duane Locke

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