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POEM ON MY FORTIETH BIRTHDAY TO MY MOTHER WHO DIED YOUNG by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: WELL I HAVE ALMOST COME TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU FELL
Last Line: RUNNING LIKE HELL AND IF I FALL / I FALL
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; DEATH; MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS; DEAD, THE;
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