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<h2 id="Grown-Up"><i>Grown-Up</i></h2></div>
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<span class="i0"><span class="first">Was</span> it for this I uttered prayers,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">That now, domestic as a plate,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">I should retire at half-past eight?<br/></span></div>
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