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NO TALKING by MARY JO BANG

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First Line: NO TALKING IN THE GRASS, ONLY PERSISTENT SCARS
Last Line: HANDS SPILL THE POND WATER. NOTHING CAN BE GRASPED. %WHY INDELIBLE HUNGER? WHY INSATIABLE NEED?

Poem Sources:

THE PARIS REVIEW, #142, SPRING/97.
  (1997)
 
APOLOGY FOR WANT.
  BANG, MARY JO
  (1997)
 



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