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BOYS, THE BROOM HANDLE, AND THE RETARDED GIRL by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHO WAS ASKING FOR IT -
Last Line: THAT FLAG THEY'VE HUNG THERE, THOUGH WE'D ALL AVOID %TOUCHING THE GIRL
Subject(s): BOYS; FIGHTS; GIRLS;

Poem Sources:

THE CRACK IN EVERYTHING.
  OSTRIKER, ALICIA
  (1996)
 
THE LITTLE SPACE; POEMS SELECTED AND NEW, 1968-1998.
  OSTRIKER, ALICIA SUSKIN
  (1998)
 



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