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Lyn Lifshin

But Instead Has Gone into Woods

Lyn Lifshin
A girl goes into the woods and for what reason disappears behind branches and is never heard from again. We don’t really know why, she could have gone shopping or had lunch with her mother but instead has gone into woods, alone, without the lover, and not for leaves or flowers. It was a clear bright day very much like today. It was today. Now you might imagine I’m that girl, it seems there are reasons. But first consider: I don’t live very near those trees and my head is already wild with branches
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