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LIZARDS AND SNAKES by ANTHONY HECHT

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First Line: ON THE SUMMER ROAD THAT RAN BY OUR FRONT PORCH
Last Line: AND SWINGES THE SCALY HORROR OF HIS FOLDED TAIL
Subject(s): LIZARDS; SNAKES; FAMILY LIFE; SERPENTS; VIPERS; RELATIVES;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Earlier_Poems_of_Anthony_Hecht/cMcXRdjN4NgC?q=HECHT+%22ON+THE+SUMMER+ROAD+THAT+RAN+BY+OUR+FRONT+PORCH%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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