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THE SUN by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: I HAVE HEARD OF FISH
Last Line: until I am laid away forever, / a thin gray banner
Subject(s): GOD; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/05/12/the-sun



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