She Wore No Rings

She wore no rings.
No rings at all,
for no one gave her rings.
She had no time for rings, she said.
For pointless pretty things, she said,
and no one gave her rings, so there.
She had no rings.
She didn't care.
She didn't care that much, she said.
She hardly seemed to mind at all.
She wore no rings.
No rings at all,
for no one gave her rings.

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