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A Year Later

by Mary Ann Hoberman

Mary Ann Hoberman

Last summer I couldn’t swim at all
I couldn’t even float
I had to use a rubber tube
Or hang on to a boat;
I had to sit on shore
When everybody swam;
But now it’s This summer
And I can!




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