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SISTERS by ALAN SHAPIRO

Poem Explanation

First Line: NOW AS HELPLESS EITHER TO IMAGINE
Last Line: MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE %THE PAIN AS PAIN-- %UNTIL IT'S GONE

Poem Sources:

POETRY, V161#5, FEBRUARY /93.
  (1993)
 



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