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LUNCH WITH OLD FLAME by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: A PITY: THE MIDNIGHT LINEN, PASSION'S MAP,
Last Line: SHRUNK TO THIS PALLOR OF NAPKINS IN OUR LAP

Poem Sources:

ZANY IN DENIM.
  NIMS, JOHN FREDERICK
  (1990)
 
THE POWERS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH; SELECTED POEMS.
  NIMS, JOHN FREDERICK
  (2002)
 



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