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'The children in Quaker Meeting' by Dana Smith

The children in Quaker Meeting

'The children in Quaker Meeting' by Dana Smith

by Dana Smith 15th March 2019

The children in Quaker Meeting
are learning the different sorts
of insulation: newspapers
on the ground work for rough sleepers.
Bubble-wrap pillows will lie on asphalt.
For the lucky, it may be ewe’s wool in the attic,
layer upon layer of lanolin blessing.