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EPITHALAMION by CAROLYN KIZER

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First Line: YOU LEFT ME GASPING ON THE SHORE
Last Line: A MILKY FLANK, A DROWNED, REVIVING FACE.
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; MERMAIDS & MERMEN; SEA; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES; OCEAN; FEMINISM;

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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cool_Calm_and_Collected/tF6ivkbsbJwC?q=carolyn+kizer+EPITHALAMION&gbpv=1#f=false



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