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FOR MY MOTHER IN LIEU OF MOURNING by REGINALD SHEPHERD

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT TAKES A THING SO LONG TO BE TRUE. I DON'T WANT
Last Line: ALL A SUMMER’S AFTERNOON, AND THAT’S NOT ALL
Subject(s): DEATH – MOTHERS;
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