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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHANEL NO. 5, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poet's Biography
First Line: One by one, my mother dips her gauloises bleues
Last Line: The longing for her from my throat -- and spit.
Subject(s): Desire; Experience; Longing; Mothers & Daughters; Perfume; Secrets; Sin; Smoking; Solitude; Temptation; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes; Loneliness
First Line: One by one, my mother dips her gauloises bleues
Last Line: The longing for her from my throat -- and spit.
Subject(s): Desire; Experience; Longing; Mothers & Daughters; Perfume; Secrets; Sin; Smoking; Solitude; Temptation; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes; Loneliness
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