Playing at Games

   When we played our charade
   We were like children posing
   Playing at games, acting out names
   Guessing the parts we played

   Fate seemed to pull the strings
   I turned and you were gone
   While from the darkened wings
   The music box played on


Charade
(Mancini/ Mercer)
1963

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Lillian Bassman
Harpers Bazaar