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The dreary flies, lazy and casual, Stick to the ceiling, buzz along the wall. O heart, the spider shuffles from the mould Weaving, between the pinks and grapes, his pall.

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Allen Tate
Age: 79 †
Born: 1899
Born: November 19
Died: 1979
Died: February 9
Author
Literary Critic
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Winchester
Kentucky
John Orley Allen Tate
Wall
Spiders
Weaving
Heart
Flies
Mould
Insects
Spider
Casual
Ceiling
Shuffles
Lazy
Dreary
Pinks
Stick
Ceilings
Pall
Sticks
Buzz
Along
Grapes
Shuffle

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