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TO THE SNAKE by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: GREEN SNAKE, WHEN I HUNG YOU AROUND MY NECK
Last Line: Of grass and shadows, and I returned / smiling and haunted, to a dark morning
Subject(s): SNAKES; SERPENTS; VIPERS;
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