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WHAT THE BONES KNOW by CAROLYN KIZER

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First Line: REMEMBERING THE PAST
Last Line: I DO NOT WASTE MY BREATH.
Subject(s): DEATH; LOVE; MEMORY; POETRY & POETS; PROUST, MARCEL (1871-1922); SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS; SEX; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER (1865-1939); DEAD, THE; FEMINISM;

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