A Quote by D. H. Lawrence
Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep;
And disgustingly upside down.
Hanging upside down like rows of disgusting old rags
And grinning in their sleep.
Bats!
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I hang my work upside down to emphasize surface.
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