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SLAUGHTER STREET by CHARLIE SMITH

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONE TIME YEARS AGO A MAN TRIED TO SELL
Last Line: And allowed / what they had been keeping to themselves / to pour forth
Subject(s): CHILDREN; ABANDONMENT; CITY & TOWN LIFE; CHILDHOOD; DESERTION;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Directions_53/G_UBgPilaaAC?q=SLAUGHTER+STREET&gbpv=1#f=false



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