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CREOLE by ROBERT PINSKY

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First Line: I'm tired of the gods, I'm pious about the ancestors: afloat
Last Line: Creole comes from a word meaning to breed or to create, in a place
Subject(s): ROMAN EMPIRE; NAMES; ANCESTORS & ANCESTRY; LANGUAGE; CREOLES; HERITAGE; HEREDITY; WORDS; VOCABULARY;

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