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THE PASSAGE by RITA DOVE

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First Line: GOT UP / THIS MORNING AT 2:45, BREAKFAST AT 3:30
Last Line: than a woman's tears
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - MILITARY;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Poems_1974_2004/fRyZCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rita+dove+%22Got+up+/+this+morning+at+2:45,+breakfast+at+3:30%22&pg=PT339&printsec=frontcover



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