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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 444-451
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When we built our housewe couldn't afford it, but we built everything the bestIt's our fortune, and I am so very thankfulA rockAn ark into which to gather floating thingsand give them all some lasting future
circa 1960-1969
Vanderbilt, Paul
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WHi 102564
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 400-412
circa 1960-1969
We were promised, we were told that candy came in stripes and boxes But some was stacked, like lost rewards, the chocolate-coated paradoxes
Wisconsin Thematic Panel 623-632
circa 1960-1969
In God we Trust assorted needsThe complex amplitudes and wasteare never balanced, only tasted
Wisconsin Thematic Panel 719-726
circa 1960-1969
That cottage all with melting roses —It was such fun to think ahead of it,to condition all that air with smokesudsand pick the mud out of our ears.The rent bird sang on the State St. Greenand we th...
Wisconsin Thematic Panel 674-683
circa 1960-1969
Dearest Daughter,The year is flown.We can't compete and we stand alone
Wisconsin Thematic Panel 656-665
circa 1960-1969
Let us be wrong in all our judgmentsAt that fine point We cannot quite believethe steps between the superstitionsThe feathers, the little extrasThe shirttails of the scene.
Wisconsin Thematic Panel 216-225
circa 1960-1969
Our side of the fence is all dovetail — where theywinked and upset the story-book, that'sover on your side
