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TODAY by ETHEL ROMIG FULLER

First Line: I HAVE SPREAD WET LINEN
Last Line: I HAVE LIVED A POEM.

I have spread wet linen
On lavender bushes,
I have swept rose petals
From a garden walk.
I have labeled jars of raspberry jam,
I have baked a sunshine cake;
I have embroidered a yellow duck
On a small blue frock.
I have polished andirons,
Dusted the highboy,
Cut sweet peas for a black bowl,
Wound the tall clock,
Pleated a lace ruffle. . .
To-day
I have lived a poem.



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