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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ORPHAN, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poet's Biography
First Line: It has been along time
Last Line: -- no one with whom he could cry
Subject(s): Fathers & Sons
First Line: It has been along time
Last Line: -- no one with whom he could cry
Subject(s): Fathers & Sons
It has been a long time
Since he was a little boy.
And in all those years
-- no one with whom he could cry.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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