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Mothers of America let your kids go to the movies! get them out of the house so they won't know what you're up to it's true that fresh air is good for the body but what about the soul that grows in darkness, embossed by silvery images and when you grow old as grow old you must they won't hate you
Mothers of America let your kids go to the movies! get them out of the house so they won't know what you're up to it's true that fresh air is good for the body but what about the soul that grows in darkness, embossed by silvery images and when you grow old as grow old you must they won't hate you
Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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- Frank O'Hara
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- Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Frank O'Hara, based on documented lifetime 1926 to 1966. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951010 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951010 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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