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BATHSHEBA by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: HOW IT WAS -- IT WAS
Last Line: OF THE WIFE OF URIAH
Subject(s): DESIRE; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; PASSION; BATHSHEBA(BIBLE); MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Collected_Poems_of_Lucille_Clifton_1/Oy1aDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=lucille+clifton+%22BATHSHEBA%22&pg=PT530&printsec=frontcover


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