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VANITY by KARLE WILSON BAKER

First Line: I KNOW WHY LADIES DRESS THEMSELVES
Last Line: THEIR HEARTS ARE HUNGRY TO BE GREAT.
Subject(s): VANITY;
I know why ladies dress themselves
In silky sheens and peacock dyes:
They hush their little hungry souls
And feed them through their snatching eyes.

I know why ladies mince and strut
And wrap themselves in mimic state:
Despairing prisoners of the world,
Their hearts are hungry to be great.



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