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Guilt pins a fig-leaf Innocence is its own adorning.

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Anne Spencer
Age: 93 †
Born: 1882
Born: February 6
Died: 1975
Died: July 12
Librarian
Poet
Writer
Henry County
Virginia
Annie Bethel Scales
Figs
Pins
Leafs
Leaf
Innocence
Guilt
Adorning

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