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SUNDAY AT THE STATE HOSPITAL by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: I AM SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE
Last Line: And trying with almost no success / to bring the present to its mouth
Subject(s): HOSPITALS; INSANITY; MEN; MADNESS; MENTAL ILLNESS;

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