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GANGRENE by PHILIP LEVINE

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First Line: ONE WAS KICKED IN THE STOMACH
Last Line: of your own stench. You are dead
Subject(s): RACISM; TORTURE; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;

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