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ALL MY PRETTY ONES by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: FATHER, THIS YEAR'S JINX RIDES US APART
Last Line: Whether you are pretty or not, I outlive you, / bend down my strange face to yours and forgive you
Subject(s): FATHERS & DAUGHTERS;
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