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SALESMAN by TED KOOSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: TODAY HE'S WEARING HIS VINYL SHOES
Last Line: THEN CRAWLS IN UNDER THE BASEMENT STEPS, %MAKING THE JINGLE OF COIN WITH ITS TAGS
Subject(s): SALESPERSONS;

Poem Sources:

FOR A LIVING; THE POETRY OF WORK.
  COLES, NICHOLAS, AND ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1995)
 



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