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SATURDAY'S CHILD by COUNTEE CULLEN

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First Line: SOME ARE TEETHED ON A SILVER SPOON
Last Line: The only kind of middle wife / my folks could beg or borrow
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; LABOR & LABORERS; WORK; WORKERS;
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