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ON THE INFLATION OF THE CURRENCY, 1919 by ROBERT FROST

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First Line: THE PAIN OF SEEING TEN CENTS TURNED TO FIVE!
Last Line: THEY KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM TOO WELL TO LAUGH.
Subject(s): INFLATION (ECONOMICS);
The pain of seeing ten cents turned to five!
We clutch with both hands fiercely at the part
We think we feel it in -- the head, the heart.
Is someone cutting us in two alive?

Is someone at us cutting us in half?
We cast a dangerous look from where we lie
Up to the enthroned kings of earth and sky.
They know what's best for them too well to laugh.



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