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" I stared in the mirror.
Love gone bad
showed me a Gorgon.
I stared at a dragon.
Fire spewed
from the mouth of a mountain.

And here you come
with a shield for a heart
and a sword for a tongue
and your girls, your girls.
Wasn’t I beautiful
Wasn’t I fragrant and young?

Look at me now. "

― Carol Ann Duffy

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Carol Ann Duffy quote : I stared in the mirror.<br />Love gone bad<br />showed me a Gorgon.<br />I stared at a dragon.<br />Fire spewed<br />from the mouth of a mountain.<br /><br />And here you come<br />with a shield for a heart<br />and a sword for a tongue<br />and your girls, your girls.<br />Wasn’t I beautiful<br />Wasn’t I fragrant and young?<br /><br />Look at me now.
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