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The County Library
In former times it was a simple place,Where one could read without a blushing face,With thickly bound and edifying titles,Like Noble Greeks, and red highlighted Bibles,And Shakespeare (sans Andronicus),...
On My Late Grandmother Still Receiving Mail
And still the letters came.Her neatly printed nameWas clear on every one.A few proclaimed she’d wonA one-time cruise or cash,While others (bright and brash)Would ask her, “how are you?,”Not...
