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CROSSTOWN by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER

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First Line: BACK IN NEW YORK I GRAB A TAXI AT PORT AUTHORITY
Last Line: X-RAYS, SO IT’S CANCER
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY; CITY TRAFFIC; TAXIS; BUSES; DEMOCRACY; WAR; POLITICS & POLITICIANS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; RACISM; NIGHTMARES;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/02/measureless-pleasure-measureless-pain-alicia-ostrikers-men/


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