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Subject: CANNERIES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` FREEWAY 280, by LORNA DEE CERVANTES    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Las casitas near the gray cannery
Last Line: Or a loose seed
Subject(s): Canneries; Canners


FREEWAY 280, by LORNA DEE CERVANTES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Las casitas near the gray cannery
Last Line: Or a loose end
Subject(s): Canneries


IN THE CANNERY THE PORPOISE SOUL, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Before the porpoise sea was born
Subject(s): Canneries; Social Commentary; Canners


SUBVERSIONS: BLUE BOY CANNERY, by ELIZABETH STOESSL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thelma failed the corn-ear inspection line because she
Last Line: Gloves, hosed down her safety glasses and her boots, and %took herself far from the scene
Subject(s): Canneries; Labor And Laborers