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SHE WENT TO STAY by ROBERT CREELEY

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First Line: TRYING TO CHOP MOTHER DOWN IS LIKE
Last Line: With phalangists for hat-pins. / I couldn't
Subject(s): LOYALTY; MOTHERS;

Trying to chop mother down is like
hunting deer inside Russia
with phalangists for hat-pins.
I couldn't



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