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THOUGHTS OF A MIDDLE-AGED MANDARIN by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: BREAKING IN A NEW IDEA
Last Line: NO BITE OR PARCH.
Subject(s): THOUGHT; THINKING;

BREAKING in a new idea
Is like breaking in a new pipe:
Uncomfortable work.
I like the old familiar thoughts,
No bite or parch.



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