I wear this ring
I bought before we met—
It’s too big,
so I wear it on my thumb:
I look at it more now,
when I go to sleep:
five animals, on a blue ground
with stars—giraffe, elephant,
lion, butterfly, lizard—
then twilight, more stars
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I wear this ring
I bought before we met—
It’s too big,
so I wear it on my thumb:
I look at it more now,
when I go to sleep:
five animals, on a blue ground
with stars—giraffe, elephant,
lion, butterfly, lizard—
then twilight, more stars