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Scratch any father, you find / Someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors, / Believing change is a threat.

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Phyllis McGinley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 21
Died: 1978
Died: February 22
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Phyllis McGinley
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