THE WASTE LAND
And if you dont give it him, there's
others will, I said.
Oh is there, she said. Something o' that,
I said. 150
Then I'll know who to thank, she said,
and give me a straight look.
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you dont like it you can get on with it,
I said,
Others can pick and choose if you can't.
But if Albert makes off, it wont be for
lack of telling.
You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look
so antique.
(And her only thirty-one.)
I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face,
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