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RACHEL by WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG III

First Line: ALL DAY SHE IS WALKING
Last Line: OVER THE DEAD.
All day she is walking
Over the heath,
Her worn hands clutching
A wilted wreath.

All night she is talking
To things unseen,
Her cold eyes piercing
A dark screen,

And always seeking
Something red
In ghost-grass creeping
Over the dead.



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