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FOR MY SON by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: YOU COME FROM POETS, KINGS, BANKRUPTS, PREACHERS,
Last Line: And in your self made whole, whole with yourself and whole with others, / the stars your ancestors
Subject(s): SONS; ANCESTORS & ANCESTRY; HERITAGE; HEREDITY;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org/writing/for-my-son/


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