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A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you.

Phyllis McGinley

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Phyllis McGinley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 21
Died: 1978
Died: February 22
Author
Poet
Writer
Ontario
Oregon
Phyllis McGinley
Hardest
Relentlessly
Mom
Longs
Fruit
Plate
Hand
Ripe
Mother
Plates
Hands
Understands
Live
Forgive
Life
Forgiving

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