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Subject: FURS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ENTERING THE SOUTH, by LUCILLE CLIFTON    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I have put on my mother's coat
Last Line: Heavy and dark and alive
Subject(s): African Americans; Animal Rights; Fur Trade; Southern States; Negroes; American Blacks; Animal Abuse; Vivisection; Furs; South (u.s.)


THE BROWN BEAVER, by FLOSSIE DEANE CRAIG    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh, man, I think I know just why it is you sigh
Last Line: That many a brave and daring man has died for less!
Subject(s): Animals; Beavers; Fur Trade; Furs


THE FUR COAT, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I walked out in my coat of pride
Last Line: And sneezed a while; and scratched myself.
Subject(s): Fur Trade; Pride; Furs; Self-esteem; Self-respect