First Line: WE NEVER BELIEVED IN SAFETY Last Line: THE PRESENT IS THIS POEM, O MY DEAR. Subject(s): AGING; CALIFORNIA; FRIENDSHIP; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; FEMINISM;
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