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GARDEN PARTY

I HAVE ASSUMED a conscious sociability,
Pressed unresponding hands,
Sipped tea,
And chattered aimlessly
All afternoon,

Achieving spontaneity
Only
When my eyes lit at the sight
Of a scarlet spider
Running over the bright
Green mould of an apple-tree.



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