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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: JUANITA TINSLEY by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: EVEN AFTER THE LETTERS, THERE IS WORK,
Last Line: a tall boy who was never in a tunnel
Subject(s): HOPE; FREEDOM; OPTIMISM; LIBERTY;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Out_of_Silence/rRhrJAI6kUgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rukeyser+%22Even+after+the+letters,+there+is+work,%22&pg=PA22&printsec=frontcover



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