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OLD TRICK by CLEOPATRA MATHIS

Poem Explanation

First Line: SPRING WANTS ME BACK, %AND I SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO HEED
Last Line: A WHINE. YOUR OWN GIRL WILL VANISH %UNDER THAT YELLOWING WING
Subject(s): MOTHERS;

Poem Sources:

TRIQUARTERLY, #107-108, WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER /00.
  (2000)
 
WHAT TO TIP THE BOATMAN?
  MATHIS, CLEOPATRA
  (2001)
 



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