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THE DEAD BUTTERFLY by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: NOW I SEE ITS WHITENESS
Last Line: cut of the wings
Subject(s): BUTTERFLIES; INSECTS; BUGS;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Earlier_Poems_1940_1960/jB-KufsozNoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=levertov+%22Now+I+see+its+whiteness%22&pg=PA88&printsec=frontcover



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