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FIRE SPIRIT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: I AM OLD. / YOU WARM YOURSELVES AT THESE FIRES
Last Line: WHERE SHALL I TURN FOR COMFORT?
Subject(s): OLD AGE;
I am old.
You warm yourselves at these fires?
In the center of these flames
I sit, my teeth chatter!
Where shall I turn for comfort?



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