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WORDS FOR MY DAUGHTER by JOHN BALABAN

First Line: ABOUT EIGHT OF US WERE NAILING UP FORTS
Last Line: TO CALL ME BACK INTO OUR HELPLESS TRIBE.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; FATHERS & DAUGHTERS; MEN; PARENTS; SOLDIERS; VIETNAMESE CONFLICT, 1961-1975; WAR; CHILDHOOD; PARENTHOOD;

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