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IMAGERY by RUTH IRVING CONNER

First Line: PERHAPS, A TREE, A SWEET SLIM TREE
Last Line: ME KNITTING PLACIDLY.
Subject(s): KNITTING;

Perhaps, a tree, a sweet slim tree,
And when the wind with fluted strings
Sends little joyous signalings
I twirl my painted skirts and dance a gay coupee!

The passerby can only see
Me knitting soberly.

At times, a gull, a storm-swept gull,
I fight my way from crest to crest
My heart congealed within my breast!
I rise! I fall! To rise again with ecstasy!

The passerby can only see
Me knitting placidly.



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