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THE MYSTIC RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL

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First Line: WHEN I CROSS
Last Line: BIT OF SECRET, LIGHTED FLESH, OPEN UP THE EARTH?
Subject(s): CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; SOUTHERN STATES; RACISM; SOUTH (U.S.); RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;
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