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The Shirt

by Jane Kenyon

Jane Kenyon

The shirt touches his neck
and smooths over his back.
It slides down his sides.
It even goes down below his belt—
down into his pants.
Lucky shirt.




Quotes of the Day

If you don’t go out in the woods
nothing will ever happen
and your life will never begin.

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