Bag-Snatching In Dublin

Portrait of Stevie Smith
Stevie Smith 1902–1971

Sisely Walked so nicely With footsteps so discreet To see her pass You'd never guess She walked upon the street.

Down where the Liffey waters' turgid flood Churns up to greet the ocean-driven mud, A bruiser in fix Murdered her for 6/6.

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    Well isn't that nice and depressing? Nice people will die for those in a fix who need 6/6.

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