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Not Waving but Drowning

by Stevie Smith

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Not Waving but Drowning Steaminess Rating

Exactly how steamy is this poem?

G

There's no hanky-panky here, just cold, cold water and a lonely death. You could say this poem is the opposite of steamy.

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