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THE EXECUTIVE by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE WOMEN WHO WORK FOR US
Last Line: INTO THE EVENING.
Subject(s): OFFICE WORK; WOMEN;
The women who work for us --
we know this is how
they make their living,
not of love.
As men, we have declined
the role, and the women
at five walk out
into the evening.



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