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DAYSTAR by RITA DOVE

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First Line: SHE WANTED A LITTLE ROOM FOR THINKING
Last Line: She was nothing / pure nothing, in the middle of the day
Subject(s): MOTHERS;

Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.madpoetssociety.com/blog/2020/1/4/21-ka54e-xltr9#:~:text=She%20wanted%20a%20little%20room,doll%20slumped%20behind%20the%20door.&text=to%20sit%20out%20the%20children's%20naps.



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