Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SHOE-SHINE SPREE, by NATHALIA CRANE


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THE SHOE-SHINE SPREE, by                    
First Line: Once on a time I was wedded
Last Line: Ending that shoe-shining spree.


Once on a time I was wedded
Unto a husband of nine,
Then came his mother and took him
Off for an old sandal shine.

Beautiful dolls -- I have plenty --
Clasping them unto my heart;
They look so much like their father
I could forgive him in part.

Yet when I think of that mother
Taking my husband from me,
I feel like raiding the corner --
Ending that shoe-shining spree.





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