Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RELIEF CASE, by ANNE MOTT-SMITH


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RELIEF CASE, by                    
First Line: In all that dusty hall
Last Line: That he should share her fate.
Subject(s): Mothers; Poverty


In all that dusty hall
of weary, shifting feet,
gnarled faces and blank eyes,
his happiness was sweet
like dew unsucked
by climbing sun;
his tiny eyes were bright
and laughed at everyone.

His mother's bony arms
were heavy with his weight,
but in her eyes was proud despair ...
that he should share her fate.





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