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THE TRAP by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER

First Line: THE BAITED TRAP THAT DOES NOT KILL
Last Line: IT WAS, TO BAIT THE TRAP WITH BREATH.
Subject(s): BIRTH; LIFE; CHILD BIRTH; MIDWIFERY;
The baited trap that does not kill
Makes life and freedom less than death.
Into the world I came.—Oh, ill
It was, to bait the trap with breath.



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