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TREAD THE DARK: 51 by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: I SINK BACK UPON THE GROUND, EXPECTING TO DIE
Last Line: and I will learn to love you as a zebra whom I did not love as a human being
Subject(s): ANIMALS; CHILDREN; EXHIBITIONS; ZEBRAS; ZOOS; CHILDHOOD; WORLD'S FAIRS; EXPOSITIONS;
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