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Two Out of Ten.(Poem)

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| May 01, 2004 | Buck, Anna | COPYRIGHT 2004 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
Two out of Ten 
 
   When they took away the school house 
   wisteria straddling the verandah 
   fell, its back broken 
   showering blue petals and bees 
   into hydrangeas acidic with tea leaves 
   teachers' wives had thrown there 
   since 1851. 
 
   It took a front end loader, 
   two trucks, a day 
   and four smokoes 
   to break the house in three 
   and haul bloodwood slabs 
   and corrugated iron away. 
 
   When the cortege passed 
   rooms where children had lain 
   (scraped knees or ...

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