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TAKING IN WASH by RITA DOVE

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First Line: PAPA CALLED HER PEARL WHEN HE CAME HOME
Last Line: And I'll cut you down / just like the cedar of lebanon
Subject(s): FATHERS & DAUGHTERS;

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