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Subject: PLUMBERS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SONG OF SURVIVAL, by JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I worked as a licensed plumber, had my own tools
Last Line: And the seasrch led me to my first cell in prison
Subject(s): Plumbers; Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts


DIFFERENCE, by STODDARD KING    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: These two great callings are, you say
Last Line: The poet pipes his lay, %but the plumber lays his pipes
Subject(s): Plumbers; Poetry And Poets


HOME MAINTENANCE, by RONALD W. WALLACE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The day she left for good he was pissed at the plumbing
Last Line: He'd ruined a perfectly good coupling. More than one
Alternate Author Name(s): Wallace, Ron
Subject(s): Abandonment; Home; Marriage; Plumbers


NIGHT PLUMBER, by NIKKI MOUSTAKI    Poem Source                    
First Line: My neighbor comes at one a.M. In her night
Last Line: Like a friend saying don't be lonely, or I'm lonely too
Subject(s): Night; Plumbers; Water


PIPE DREAMS, by OGDEN NASH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Many people have asked me what was the most beautiful sight I saw
Last Line: They don't have to think about plumbers, so they can concentrate on the view
Subject(s): Plumbers


SATURDAY PLUMBER, by JULIE DEARBORN    Poem Source                    
First Line: His name is gil. He smiles as he stares into the sink filled with greenish
Last Line: For a hearty tone. 'may I walk you to the door?' I ask
Subject(s): Plumbers


SONG OF SURVIVAL, by JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I worked as a licensed plumber, had my own tools
Last Line: Speak, when I move boulders from the path I wish to take
Subject(s): Plumbers; Prisons And Prisoners