Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: 9/29/03: "Every day I expect to pick up the newspaper and read that scientists have located the soul."

Jacob Lawrence, "Birth" (1948) — Jacob Lawrence, *Birth* (1948)

September 29, 2003:

"Every day I expect to pick up the newspaper and read that scientists have located the soul."

hey little girl
playin' in the street
naked as an apple
with no shoes on your feet
I think I can remember you
you look a whole lot better off
than you used to do

you came back
you came back
and I'm so glad you picked my time.
you came back
you came back
and by that mischievous look in your eye
I'd say before long
if I'm not wrong
you'll be back
you'll come back
again

if it's alright with you
i'll remember you too
but i won't tell you who you were
last time
but you're making up for it now
i'll suffer amnesia
when you kiss my brow

Sometimes tragedy is required to force us to learn the important things.