Topical Guide 90
Mark Dorset
Love, the Things We Do for
She looked through the instructions and mumbled to herself. She measured the thickness of the windings on the coil and the thickness of the wire itself. Then she went to work with her slide rule. …
Gumma took a deep breath. She smiled and let the breath out.
“It’s exactly right,” she said.
Mr. Beaker looked puzzled. “How many—” he began.
“Exactly right,” Gumma repeated in a soft voice that reverberated through the cellar as if she had shouted.Little Follies, “The Static of the Spheres”
I would gather stars out of the blue,
For you, for you.
I’d make a string of pearls out of the dew,
For you, for you.
Over the highway and over the street,
Carpets of clover I’d lay at your feet.
Oh, there's nothin’ in this world I wouldn’t do,
For you, I’d do anything for you.Joe Burke (music), Al Dubin (lyric), “For You”
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