Sun-Up and Other Poems by Lola Ridge
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But I like the picture of the Flood
and the little babies getting drowned.... If I were there I would save them, but as I can't save them I like to watch them getting drowned. : : When mama buys of Ling Ho, he smiles very wide and picks her the largest loquots. The greens-man gave her a cabbage and she held it against her black bodice and said what a beautiful green it was and put it on the table as though it had been a flower. But next day we boiled and ate it with salt. It was our dinner. : : Christmas day I found Janie on my pillow. Janie is made of rubber. Her red and blue jacket won't come off. Christmas dinner was green and white chicken and lettuce and peas and drops of oil on the salad smiley and full of light |
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