Three Endearments

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Three Endearments

by Anna Lena Phillips Bell
Southern Cultures, Vol. 25, No. 4: Here/Away

“Lover, let our / love rule ever"

Endearment

Laud a bad guy,
dub a gal ugly—
a bad day,
glub by glub.
Lay by a glad day—
a dab, a daub,
a gaudy bud.
Land ably,
ladybug.