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RESIDENCIES by THOMAS MCGRATH

First Line: SO MANY OTHERS HAVE LIVED IN ME
Last Line: The moonlight and jasmine
Subject(s): HOUSES;

So many others have lived in me!
I'm like an old house . . .

Haunted of course --
But many rooms to let!

And the wild garden at the back --
Can you smell?
The honeysuckle the . . .
(Dream compost Nightmare Weed)
The moonlight and jasmine . . .


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