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In her white eyelet gown,
with her arms and
fingers
daintily extended, she glides
across the wooden
floor, then
flutters like a lark around the
coffee table
and ascends through imaginary
clouds. At noon she will
carry
her pink blanket to her nest
and hop in for a nap.

Karen
Kelsay

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