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WINGFOOT LAKE by RITA DOVE

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First Line: ON HER 36TH BIRTHDAY, THOMAS HAD SHOWN HER
Last Line: Under the company symbol, a white foot / sprouting two small wings
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; ETHNIC GROUPS - UNITED STATES; MINORITIES - UNITED STATES; SWIMMING & SWIMMERS; UNITED STATES - RACE RELATIONS;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172133


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