Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A BOOK ON ECONOMICS, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG



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First Line: Between long rows of figures lurk
Last Line: I see death freeze a baby's smile.
Subject(s): Child Labor; Poverty; Women


Between long rows of figures lurk
Pictures of little girls at work;

And how poor women fade away
Page after page the margins say.

And in a note once in a while
I see death freeze a baby's smile.




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