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"Great storms shook Old Master's
house several times in a week.

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The land shone, then
incessant, bright, and awful--

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we thought the spirits
of our dead mothers

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had finally crossed the sea.

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Old Master's babies died as
great storms shook his house.

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Dishes broke.

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Drawers opened.

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We watched our dead
mothers pull out

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baby clothes--
incessant, bright,

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and awful, we thought as they
shredded with their wet hands

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the lace bibs Old
Master's wife had

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stitched while great
storms shook the house.

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Then Old Master's wife
ordered us to rip the stays

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from her gowns.

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She walked incessant,
bright, and awful.

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We thought she'd
walk into the earth.

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We had to feed her
babies with our milk

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before they died incessant,
bright, and awful.

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The land shone on
the great house.

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Our dead swarmed."

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