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" There once was a miller
with a daughter as lovely as a grape.
He told the king that she could
spin gold out of common straw.
The king summoned the girl
and locked her in a room full of straw
and told her to spin it into gold
or she would die like a criminal.
Poor grape with no one to pick.
Luscious and round and sleek.
Poor thing.
To die and never see Brooklyn.

(Rumpelstiltskin) "

Anne Sexton , Transformations


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Anne Sexton quote : There once was a miller<br />with a daughter as lovely as a grape.<br />He told the king that she could<br />spin gold out of common straw.<br />The king summoned the girl<br />and locked her in a room full of straw<br />and told her to spin it into gold<br />or she would die like a criminal.<br />Poor grape with no one to pick.<br />Luscious and round and sleek.<br />Poor thing.<br />To die and never see Brooklyn.<br /><br />(Rumpelstiltskin)