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Why I Wear My Hair Long

How to Get Heat Without Fire Song Collection

"Why I Wear My Hair Long" is the first song of Tom Cipullo's song cycle How to Get Heat Without Fire, which sets the poetry of Marilyn Kallet.

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Why I Wear My Hair Long
by Marilyn Kallet

I want to wrap it
around you
like a silk shirt

button it
slowly,
carefully,

facing you
let the fringes
tickle your hips

until we ride
strong silken horses
glued on

& my flag
unfurls
a few strands

sticking
to your
lips.

Sheet Music

Tom Cipullo