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THE INTRUDER by CAROLYN KIZER

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First Line: MY MOTHER - PREFERRING THE STRANGE TO THE TAME
Last Line: SHE WASHED AND WASHED THE PITY FROM HER HANDS.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; BATS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; FEMINISM;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171307


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