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RUIN by CLEOPATRA MATHIS

Poem Explanation

First Line: WHEN I WAS YOUNG, IT WAS ENOUGH
Last Line: ALL OF IT A LOCKED TOMB, AND ME %IN MY IRON BOAT
Subject(s): MOTHERS;

Poem Sources:

WHAT TO TIP THE BOATMAN?
  MATHIS, CLEOPATRA
  (2001)
 



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