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WRITTEN THE DAY I WAS TO BEGIN A RESIDENCY AT THE STATE PENITENTIARY, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Inmates put an acetylene torch to another inmate's face
Last Line: "are ""an ice cube's chance in hell."
Subject(s): Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989); Prisons & Prisoners




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