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THE FIRST TIME LAST
If you could make the first time last
It would help you forget the past
Would ease the pain, like a new refrain
Calm the soul help make you whole.
To do it right the first time
takes a gentle fight in tune and in line
Brave and firm, serene and strong
Sympathetic wit and tumultuous charm
If you do it all right you^ll feel the harm
Your perfect play will be your last
Taken for practised performance
Your life^s achievements rewarded by insults.
But in a while you^ll feel much better
Having been the artful loser
A far cry better than a funny fibber
it^s sad how life can be so mean
Your first meet^s often the last time seen.
1995