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ARS POETICA, OR MAZATLAN, ON A DAY WHEN BODIES WASH TO SHORE by GARY SOTO

First Line: THE BODY'S IN THE MORGUE
Last Line: WE LIVE! WE LIVE! CRABS, WITH SNAPPING CLAWS, %RACE TO WHERE THEY THINK WE MAY WASH %TO THE SHORE, L

Poem Sources:

POETRY, V150#3, JUNE /87.
  (1987)
 
WHO WILL KNOW US?
  SOTO, GARY
  (1990)
 
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  SOTO, GARY
  (1995)
 



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