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WAITING ROOMS: BOSTON LYING-IN by JOHN UPDIKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE WOMEN, FRIGHTENED, BRING THEIR SEX
Last Line: OUR BOTTOMS BETRAY US AND BEG FOR THE LIGHT
Subject(s): HOSPITALS; WOMEN; SEX;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.bookscool.com/classic/Collected-Poems-1953-1993-170108/13



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