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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SWEATER, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poet's Biography
First Line: Now the orchid's pinned, and he lets go slack
Last Line: And a corpse or two in his buttonhole.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Now the orchid's pinned, and he lets go slack
Last Line: And a corpse or two in his buttonhole.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
NOW the orchid's pinned, and he lets go slack
In a blood-coloured car his rottening soul,
With a sealskin graveyard upon his back,
And a corpse or two in his buttonhole.
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