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<h2> <i>Lola Ridge</i> </h2>
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(Who apparently did not care for the suburbs.)</p>
<h3> PREENINGS </h3>
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<p class="i2"> I preen myself.... </p>
<p class="i2"> I ... </p>
<p class="i2"> Always do ... </p>
<p class="i2"> My ego expanding encompasses ... </p>
<p class="i2"> Everything, naturally.... </p>
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<p class="i2"> This bird preens himself ... </p>
<p class="i2"> It is our only likeness.... </p>
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<p class="i2"> Ah, God, I want a Ghetto </p>
<p class="i2"> And a Freud and an alley and some Immigrants calling names ... </p>
<p class="i2"> God, you know </p>
<p class="i2"> How awful it is.... </p>
<p class="i2"> Here are trees and birds and clouds </p>
<p class="i2"> And picturesquely neat children across the way on the grass </p>
<p class="i2"> Not doing anything </p>
<p class="i2"> Improper ... </p>
<p class="i2"> (Poor little fools, I mustn't blame them for that </p>
<p class="i2"> Perhaps they never </p>
<p class="i2"> Knew How....) </p>
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<p class="i2"> But oh, God, take me to the nearest trolley line! </p>
<p class="i2"> This is a country landscape— </p>
<p class="i2"> I can't stand it! </p>
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<p class="i2"> God, take me away— </p>
<p class="i2"> There is no Sex here </p>
<p class="i2"> And no Smell! </p>
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