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EARTHWORM by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: SLIM INQUIRER, WHILE THE OLD FATHERS SLEEP
Last Line: Be severed and rise from the dead like a gargoyle / with two heads
Subject(s): GOD; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Eight_American_Poets/tmE9DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sexton+%22Slim+inquirer,+while+the+old+fathers+sleep%22&pg=PA188&printsec=frontcover


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