Jernigan, Merlyn

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Lights and Shadows 
Volume 15 Lights and Shadows Volume 15 Article 21 
1971 
As My Aunt Lay Dying 
Merlyn Jernigan 
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MERLYN JERNIGAN 
AS rJN AUNT LAY DYING 
AS my aunt lay dying, 
I heard my uncle ask a Nurse 
II •twas true 
That to pay a fortuneteller due 
Was to half your life with curse. 
"No" she replied,sighing. 
But I saw her body slid into the hearse 
and •twas true. 
Believe me,as I relate this to you. 
At twice twenty-two she answered the curse. 


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