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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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