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STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL: 15. ALABAMA by CLARENCE MAJOR

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First Line: I AM LEERY OF LADIES

I am leery of ladies
in white dresses. They tend
to come down steps too gracefully,
heads held erect, wearing flat white hats
with tiny knots of flowers stuck
to their sides. What is unfair about this?
The space behind them is
left blank.


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