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A GIRL by EZRA POUND

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First Line: THE TREE HAS ENTERED MY HANDS
Last Line: AND ALL THIS IS FOLLY TO THE WORLD.

The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast --
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.

Tree you are,
Moss you are,
You are violets with wind above them.
A child -- @3so@1 high -- you are,
And all this is folly to the world.



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