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THE DIRTY WORD by KARL SHAPIRO

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE DIRTY WORD HOPS INTO THE CAGE OF THE MIND
Last Line: bird, and I have murdered it in my early childhood
Subject(s): JEWS; BIRDS; SURVIVAL; JUDAISM;
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