Social Commentaries
Grown-Up
From Poems (Secker, 1923): Section Two
Social Commentaries
Was it for this I uttered prayers,
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
I should retire at half-past eight?
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Grown-Up.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/31/.
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Grown-Up.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/31/.
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