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MENSTRUATION AT FORTY by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: I WAS THINKING OF A SON
Last Line: I would have possessed you before all women, / calling your name, / calling you mine
Subject(s): GOD; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGE; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
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