It Was Black, Black Took
Black ink best wheel bale brown.
Excellent not a hull house, not a pea soup, no bill no care, no preciseno past pearl pearl goat.
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It Was Black, Black Took is in the public domain. This text is taken from Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms, Project Gutenberg ebook #15396; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Gertrude Stein, It Was Black, Black Took, in Tender Buttons (1914), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #15396, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/stein-tender-buttons/objects-it-was-black-black-took.html, id L28687.
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