A rondel for my friend Margarita

Who fought hard but lost to cancer

Always eager to know the answer

And she thought she found eureka

We used to eat curry with pita

Now flying with Rudolf and Prancer

A rondel for my friend Margarita

Who fought hard but lost to cancer

Praying for her soul to the Virgin Pieta

Rest in peace, now happy like a dancer

On sedges and grasses grow samphire

And in the forest aspen and manzanita

A rondel for my friend Margarita*

*Rondel

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