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NIGHTS OF CHILDHOOD by EAVAN BOLAND

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First Line: MY MOTHER KEPT A STOCKPOT
Last Line: Outside, the screams and stridency of mating
Subject(s): HOME;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Outside_History_Selected_Poems_1980_1990/OmMLX7QK_MAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22NIGHTS+OF+CHILDHOOD%22,+by+EAVAN+BOLAND&pg=PA55&printsec=frontcover


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