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PARISH by NORMAN DUBIE

Poem Explanation

First Line: GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE'D BEEN DOING. PAINTING OR SEWING?
Last Line: OF THEM VANISHING INTO THE HILLS.
Subject(s): DEATH; ESCAPES; MORTICIANS; DEAD, THE; FUGITIVES;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1980/12/08/parish


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