Love in the Orangery (audio only)
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this wild urge to carve a name or word in it.
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& grapefruit juice & whatever bitter concoction
you’re sipping. Under the table I’ll nudge you
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After reading a letter from his mother, Harry T. Burn cast the deciding vote to ratify the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution
My parents are from countries
where mangoes grow wild and bold
and eagles cry the sky in arcs and dips.
America loved this bird too and made
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