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Automatic Shift

A small boy won’t, the days disclose,
Wash his face, control a curl,
Clean his shoes, de-drip his nose
Half as well as will a girl;
But sister quells the urge to shake him–
In ten years or so, she knows,
Someone else’s sis will make him
Conscious of face, hair and clothes!

by Ray Romine Thursday, January 11, 1951

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