Coats Quote by Marge Piercy

“What a richly colored strong warm coat is woven when love is the warp and work is the woof.”

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the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.

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Remember that every son had a mother whose beloved son he was, and every woman had a mother whose beloved son she wasn't.

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