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MORTGAGE by GARY SOTO

First Line: THE DEAD MAN LAY WITH A PLUM IN HIS THROAT. HIS LEFT HAND
Last Line: WITH A PEN IN ONE HAND, A THIRTY-YEAR MORTGAGE IN THE OTHER
Subject(s): SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA;

Poem Sources:

TRIQUARTERLY, #110/111, FALL/01.
  (2001)
 
ONE KIND OF FAITH.
  SOTO, GARY
  (2003)
 



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