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Not Forever


Squirming man in tatter'd coat
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  Teeters on the brink—
Clenches yellow shark-teeth,
  Wincing, muttering,—
Then, straighten'd by a pang
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  Of lucid torment,
Scowling at his own train-door reflection,
    He growls: "NOT forever!"







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