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"My tongue could not speak what stirred within me,
And the village thought me a fool."
And the village thought me a fool."
Harold Arnett
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"I smelled them... then there was irresistible disgust.
I pulled the trigger... blackness... light...
Unspeakable regret... fumbling for the world again."
I pulled the trigger... blackness... light...
Unspeakable regret... fumbling for the world again."
Dora Williams
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"I was now a woman,
Insidious, subtle, versed in the world and rich."
Insidious, subtle, versed in the world and rich."
Mrs. Williams
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"I was the milliner
Talked about, lied about,
Mother of Dora,
Whose strange disappearance."
Talked about, lied about,
Mother of Dora,
Whose strange disappearance."
The Unknown
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"Daily I search the realms of Hades
For the soul of the hawk,
That I may offer him the friendship
Of one whom life wounded and caged."
For the soul of the hawk,
That I may offer him the friendship
Of one whom life wounded and caged."
Many Soldiers
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"The idea danced before us as a flag;
The sound of martial music;
The thrill of carrying a gun;
Advancement in the world on coming home;
A glint of glory, wrath for foes;
A dream of duty to country or to God."
