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Josephine Miles on Death

1911–1985 United States

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Death did not come to my mother
Like an old friend.
She was a mother, and she must
Conceive him. Up and down the bed she fought crying
Help me, but death
Was a slow child
Heavy.

Conception (1974)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Josephine Miles (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.