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PORPOISE WASHED UP ON THE BEACH by HELEN DUNMORE

First Line: AFTER MIDDAY THE GREAT LAZY
Last Line: AND SAW THE BOYS' WET HEADS GLITTERING, %THEIR HOOTING, DIVING %BODIES SWEEPING THEM OUT OF THE BAY

Poem Sources:

SHORT DAYS, LONG NIGHTS; NEW & SELECTED POEMS.
  DUNMORE, HELEN
  (1991)
 
OUT OF THE BLUE.
  DUNMORE, HELEN
  (2002)
 



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