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THE BOAST by RITA DOVE

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First Line: AT THE DINNER TABLE, BEFORE THE BAKED EGGPLANT, YOU TELL THE STORY OF YOUR FRIEND, IRA
Last Line: there won't be time for coming back with lies, with lies
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/dove/poems-RD.html#rd3


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