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Peggy Reads The Paper
ReflectionsPEGGY READS THE PAPER
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Here's the paper-I must skim it,
For I want the news, of course;
Another bank cashier's absconded,
Mrs Brown gets her divorce,
Half a page reporting Congress,
I don't want to wade through that,
Trusts and labor…
At Salute
DeathAt Salute
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The kind stands by and baies his head
Why is it so?
I was a clod (he would have said)
An hour ago
An hour ago, ere I was dead
I would have barod,
And he, the king, with needless tread
Onward had fared
And now, this change-what…