Think of the long trip home. Should we have stayed home and thought of…

Elizabeth Bishop
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Think of the long trip home. Should we have stayed home and thought of here? Where should we be today? ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.91, Macmillan
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Think of the long trip home. Should we have stayed home and thought of here? Where should we be today? ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.91, Macmillan

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