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The little girl
Came in
And put on her roller skates
And rolled around on the floor
And fell down
And opened up wide
Bother knees on opposite sides
And she sat
Deciding again
To adjust the skates
And to try
Once more
To skate to me
And to do
What big people adore
But do it
From afar
And she again
Fell down
And spread out
Upon the floor.

Irwin R. Shaw - June 2nd 1982