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CLUMP OF GRASS by WINIFRED WELLES

First Line: THAT'S A MERCILESS NAME TO CALL
Last Line: THAN TO BE CALLED A CLUMP OF GRASS.
Subject(s): GRASS;

That's a merciless name to call
Ten grasses standing by themselves,
With flowers so ethereal
They would not make a grove for elves,
Becomes a vase, veined with their glass --
With stems between whose slightness air
A scythe were less for them to bear
Than to be called a clump of grass.



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