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THE VIOLENT SPACE by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT

Poet Analysis

First Line: EXCHANGE IN GREED THE UNGRACEFUL SIGNS. THRUST
Last Line: BUT THE AIR CANNOT STAND MY SINGING LONG
Subject(s): PROSTITUTION; HARLOTS; WHORES; BROTHELS;
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