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PRAYER by JORIE GRAHAM

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First Line: OVER A DOCK RAILING, I WATCH THE MINNOWS, THOUSANDS, SWIRL
Last Line: It is a ghost posed on my lips. Here: never.
Subject(s): FREEDOM; TRANSIENCE; LIBERTY; IMPERMANENCE;
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http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16375


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