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STATESIDE by BELLE WARING

First Line: AS I WALKED ONTO THE WARD %A SOLDIERS VOICE ROSE UP TENDER OUT OF THE DUSK
Last Line: ALL HE WANTED WAS A DRINK OF WATER %SHIMMERING

Poem Sources:

PLOUGHSHARES, V25#4, WINTER/99-00.
  (1999)