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Cassandra

To me, one silly task is like another.

I bare the shambling tricks of lust and pride.

This flesh will never give a child its mother,— Song, like a wing, tears through my breast, my side,

And madness chooses out my voice again,

Again.

I am the chosen no hand saves:

The shrieking heaven lifted over men,

Not the dumb earth, wherein they set their graves.

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Louise Bogan

Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970) was an American poet. She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in…

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