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Edward S. Silvera, "Old Maid" (1927)

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The fires of a thousand loves 
Burned bright within her 
Night and day, 
The years like bellows 
Fanned the flames 
Which ate her heart and soul away. 


Published in Ebony and Topaz, 1927

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