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The Moon with her pretty smile
So shy, at first, she hides
Then perhaps a dimple, a small smile
When I catch her right it's a lopsided grin
How familiar we grow
Mistress Moon
Until you're laughing with me

But when she opens her mouth wide
Out comes a command I cannot defy
When she opens her mouth wide
Some scream, some howl, some cry
As my Mistress Moon bares her teeth

(Dunno if ppl saw, but Karen has posted a "roll call" to the list, at the end of which she offered a poem from Oz to the moon. That inspired this, which came out considerably darker than I intended even though it's following the lines I wanted. Karen's is a lot more lighthearted and whimsical. I like it muchly. Ah well. *shrugs and goes back on wolf watch*)

...while at work, and to make it less conspicuous I left out the quote marks for the dialogue. And now I want to keep it that way.

Edit Upon re-reading it, however, it gets too complicated w/o quotes so i put them in. it's on my fic-journal if you so care to read. it'll also be cross-posted to alphabetasoup, fanfic100 and OzMIA.