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Caroling Dusk/Transformation

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Lewis Grandison Alexander4753546Caroling Dusk — Transformation1927Countee Cullen

TRANSFORMATION

I return the bitterness,Which you gave to me;When I wanted lovelinessTantalant and free.
I return the bitternessIt is washed by tears;Now it is a lovelinessGarnished through the years.
I return it loveliness,Having made it so;For I wore the bitternessFrom it long ago.