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X: FOR PATRICK HENISSE, DEAD OF AIDS, IN MEMORY (1) by JEAN VALENTINE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE BOATPOND, BROKEN OFF, LOOKS BACK AT THE SKY
Last Line: On your bedspread at the edge of the ocean
Subject(s): AIDS (DISEASE); SICKNESS; ILLNESS;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Extraordinary_Tide/sCjZY4dDuSAC?q=JEAN+VALENTINE+%22THE+BOATPOND,+BROKEN+OFF,+LOOKS+BACK+AT+THE+SKY%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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