First Line: THERE IS ALWAYS THE COUGH. IN THE AFTERNOON Last Line: SHOWING HER BREASTS TO A BOY IN A CEMETERY. Subject(s): CONVALESCENCE; SECRETS; SINGING & SINGERS; TREES; WALKING; SONGS;
Poem Sources:
THE MERCY SEAT; COLLECTED AND NEW POEMS, 1967-2001. DUBIE, NORMAN (2001)