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SMALL WOMAN ON SWALLOW STREET by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN

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First Line: FOUR FEET UP, UNDER THE BRUISE-BLUE
Last Line: God is / on high. He can see you. You will die
Subject(s): PROSTITUTION; WOMEN - SECLUDING; HARLOTS; WHORES; BROTHELS;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/16467


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