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MOTHERS by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: OH MOTHER / HERE IN YOUR LAP
Last Line: When someone else / is as empty as a shoe
Subject(s): FAMILY LIFE; GOD; RELIGION; RELATIVES; THEOLOGY;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-21-bk-44369-story.html


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