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3668145A few figs from thistles; poems and sonnets — Grown-UpEdna St. Vincent Millay
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GROWN-UP

Was it for this I uttered prayers,
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
I should retire at half-past eight?

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