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Young Woman At A Window

by William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

She sits with
tears on
her cheek
her cheek on
her hand
the child
in her lap
his nose
pressed
to the glass




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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
• Sir Francis Bacon


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