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First Line: But I would rather be horizontal
Last Line: Then the trees may touch me for once, and the flowers have time for me
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Depression, Mental; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress




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