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DOORS, DOORS, DOORS: 2. SEAMSTRESS by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: I'M AT PAINS TO KNOW WHAT ELSE I COULD HAVE DONE
Last Line: But pack up and move in here, him being my son
Subject(s): MOTHERS & SONS; THEOLOGY;
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