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Another title that's probably
familiar to you is Silver Bell.

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Silver Bell's a little town
North of Tucson Northwest,

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a mining town.

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And its named not because
they make silver bells there,

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but after a little flower,
I understand, a little shrub

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which is called a silver bell.

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That is really not
important to the poem.

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But one fact that is,
is that as you know,

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the post office every year
chooses a town in the country

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to issue its Christmas stamp.

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A few years ago they
chose Christmas Arizona,

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another mining town, and
more recently Silver Bell.

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And that is a part of this poem.

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You can hold it
if you don't move.

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A corolla of ash there
beneath your hat.

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Like some girl in the picture,
whose smile slides halfway

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across the film.

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Her teeth are white though.

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There beyond the frayed
blunt ends of your boots

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return to their colors.

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Two ships that last
beached on land.

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You remember the affluent,
shacks, dragon food

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beneath the mountains.

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And the girls breathing
through the blouses

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you see through, smiling at
the postmaster who celebrates

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handing out his blazing stamps.

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