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Pygmalion

Gretchen Johnsen

The mouth is not what you expected, but the eyes
will not be altered: so the lips, with their slight
twist, are what you meant. Erased, their curve
would turn up elsewhere. Now, before the unfamiliar
is necessity, remember this--the stiff perfection
of an innocent design.

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