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MEN MARRY WHAT THEY NEED by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: MEN MARRY WHAT THEY NEED. I MARRY YOU
Last Line: MEN MARRY WHAT THEY NEED. I MARRY YOU
Subject(s): LOVE; MARRIAGE;

Poem Sources:

THE BOOK OF LOVE. EDITED BY DIANE ACKERMAN & JEANNE MACKIN.
  ACKERMAN, DIANE (ED.)
  (1998)
 
POEMS OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1988)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN CIARDI. COMPILED AND EDITED BY EDWARD M. CIFELLI.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1997)