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THE FIRST TIME by KARL SHAPIRO

Poet Analysis

First Line: BEHIND SHUT DOORS, IN SHADOWY QUARANTINE
Last Line: And almost gently asks: - Are you a Jew?
Subject(s): SEX;
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