Vol. 65 No. 1 1998 - page 84

Agony tree
As if a fl ood rose
From th e ea rth below me
And Il o t fi'om any stream
Wait
It will be a swee t des tru cti o n
Moss w ind
UI uc cup
The wind on th e no rth side o f the trce
Grows ill Parad ise
In th e uproar
EMILY TAYLOR
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Af ricall sayill,\!: It takes a IIlhole village to In ill,\! IIJ1 a (hild.
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you youn g unwed mo th ers
under An glo-Saxon
governments, do yo u
deserve our countri es' aid )
Or shall we cut it, cut it,
cut it
to
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No-no t even that–
you 're no t adulteresses–
your guilt is not just g rit
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