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TOO LONG DEAD by MARGE PIERCY

Poet Analysis

First Line: I JUST CAME ON IT LIKE A RAKE IN THE GRASS
Last Line: IN A GUST OF CHERRIES AND CINNAMON
Subject(s): DEATH; MEMORY; MOURNING; DEAD, THE;

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