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MORNING THEY SHOT TONY LOPEZ, BARBER AND PUSHER... by GARY SOTO

First Line: WHEN THEY ENTERED THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
Last Line: WITH THE THREE, SHORT GRUNTS THAT LET YOU SLIDE %IN THE SAME BLOOD YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES TO

Poem Sources:

MORROW ANTHOLOGY OF YOUNGER AMERICAN POETS.
  SMITH, DAVE, & BOTTOMS, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1985)
 
THE PITTSBURGH BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  OCHESTER, ED, & ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  SOTO, GARY
  (1995)
 



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