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40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS by HENRI COLE

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First Line: OPENING A VEIN HE CALLED MY RADIAL
Last Line: RUBBED MY ARM, WHICH, ONCE, PRICKED, HAD TINGLED, THEN BRUISED
Subject(s): AIDS (DISEASE); SICKNESS; ILLNESS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1991/11/11/40-days-and-40-nights


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