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CONVERSATION WITH A FIREMAN FROM BROOKLYN by TESS GALLAGHER

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: HE OFFERS, BETWEEN PLANES, %TO BUY ME A DRINK. I'VE NEVER TALKED
Last Line: WHO WANT TO LOVE YOU, TO LOVE YOU, %LOVE YOU
Subject(s): FIREFIGHTERS; SEXISM;

Poem Sources:

I FEEL A LITTLE JUMPY AROUND YOU; PAIRED POEMS BY MEN & WOMEN. EDITED BY NAOMI SHIHAB AND PAUL B. JANECZKO.
  NYE, NAOMI SHIHAB (ED.)
  (1999)
 
THE GRAYWOLF SILVER ANTHOLOGY.
  (1999)
 
AMPLITUDE; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  GALLAGHER, TESS
  (1987)
 
WILLINGLY.
  GALLAGHER, TESS
  (1984)
 



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