Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house. (Elizabeth Bishop)

Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.

Elizabeth Bishop

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