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BALLAD OF ORANGE AND GRAPE by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: AFTER YOU FINISH YOUR WORK
Last Line: Pouring orange into grape and grape into orange forever
Subject(s): CITIES; HARLEM (NEW YORK CITY); URBAN LIFE;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57158/ballad-of-orange-and-grape


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