How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdo…

Adrienne Rich
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How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2016). Collected Poems: 1950-2012, p.470, W. W. Norton & Company
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