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THE LOST BABY POEM by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: THE TIME I DROPPED YOUR ALMOST BODY DOWN
Last Line: always for your never named sake
Subject(s): ABORTION; AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
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