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Helene Johnson, "Futility" (1926)
12022-07-20T07:54:00-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12131plain2022-07-20T07:54:00-04:0010/01/1926Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1It is silly-- This waiting for love In a parlor. When love is singing up and down the alley Without a collar.
Published in Opportunity, August 1926
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