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HOW WE CARRY OURSELVES by JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA

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First Line: I AM THE BROKEN REED IN THIS DEATHLY ORGAN
Last Line: turning yourself on.
Subject(s): PRISONS & PRISONERS; CONVICTS;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jul/12/books/bk-2811


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