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Austerity

by Janet Loxley Lewis, 1920

From “Cold Hills”

I have lived so long
On the cold hills alone...
I loved the rock
And the lean pine trees,
Hated the life in the turfy meadow,
Hated the heavy, sensuous bees.
I have lived so long
Under the high monotony of starry skies,
I am so cased about
With the clean wind and the cold nights,
People will not let me in
To their warm gardens
Full of bees.

Tags: earth day, gardens, nature

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