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BUYING THE BABY by MARIE HOWE

Poem Explanation

First Line: IN THOSE DAYS YOU COULD BUY A PAGAN BABY FOR FIVE DOLLARS
Last Line: THEN I'D BEG IT TO STOP, AND IT WOULD

Poem Sources:

WHAT THE LIVING DO; POEMS.
  HOWE, MARIE
  (1998)
 



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