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Evil leaves a burnt-out shell

4 April 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

Elise Pumpelly Cabot

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We make ourselves inventions of evil doings, a fire quickly blazed, a little smoke. Evil endures a moment’s flush, and then – leaves but a burnt out shell.

— Elise Pumpelly Cabot, Poem: “Arizona”

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