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EATING WITH THE EMPEROR by JACK GILBERT

Poet Analysis

First Line: SIXTEEN YEARS OLD, SURROUNDED BY BEASTS IN THE PENS
Last Line: WE END UP ASKING WHAT OUR LIVES REALLY TASTED LIKE

Poem Sources:

THE GREAT FIRES.
  GILBERT, JACK
  (1994)
 



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