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THE SURGEON by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: JACK, OH BIG JACK
Last Line: UP INTO YOUR HANDS
Subject(s): SURGERY;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Searching_for_Mercy_Street/XtoREAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sexton+%22While+the+house+was+away%22&pg=PT119&printsec=frontcover


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