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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons verse/song fragment

Can be quoted to mean:
1) I have been engaged in trivia
2) I have drunk a lot of coffee

Origin

From The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock by TS Eliot, studied by Naomi for her English A-level

Collector

Naomi – 1970
Naomi Iliff (King) – owner

Notes

TS Eliot is an anagram of toilets

Submitted: 26/08/2023 by Mark

any thoughts?

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