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A SONG OF MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: SOMEWHERE IT BEING YESTERDAY
Last Line: I SMILING AN ORDINARY SMILE
Subject(s): MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN IN THE BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://poetry.princeton.edu/2008/04/06/two-poems-by-lucille-clifton/



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