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AFTERNOON HAPPINESS by CAROLYN KIZER

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First Line: AT A PARTY I SPY A HANDSOME PSYCHIATRIST
Last Line: THERE IS ONLY THIS USELESS HAPPINESS AS GIFT.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; LOVE; POETRY & POETS; PSYCHIATRY; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; JOY; DELIGHT; PSYCHIATRISTS; FEMINISM;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/241960


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