Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the edges of the pages and pollinate…

Elizabeth Bishop
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Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the edges of the pages and pollinates the fingertips.) ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.58, Macmillan
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Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the edges of the pages and pollinates the fingertips.) ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.58, Macmillan

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