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Anita Scott Coleman, "Wash Day" (1927)
12024-03-05T11:50:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12131plain2024-03-05T11:50:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Wash Day By Anita Scott Coleman
The rain has hung her washing out The earth is cool and dry Dirty faces are descried in silver pools Of water as men go by.