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Mary Strayhorne
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If you read it like this 'why deny the obvious, child' the metaphors become clear. The lesson the parents teach in their matter of fact way of handling life is: 'why deny the obvious, child? Life is short.'. It is a sort of homage to living life day by day by day and taking things as they come, seeing the present