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THE CATS' MONTH by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: YOUR FROSTY HANDS
Last Line: WHERE DEEP SNOW LIES.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; CATS;
Your frosty hands
your withered face
the merciless February
of it all -
It is for cats!
Their musk
clings in the entries
to good ladies' houses.
I catch it sometimes
even in the open street
where deep snow lies.



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