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RIVER BLINDNESS (ONCHOCERCIASIS) by THOMAS LUX

Poet Analysis

First Line: FIRST, A FEMALE BUFFALO GNAT OF THE GENUS SIMULIUM BITES YOU
Last Line: Baby flies dying, dying / in their eyes, / blinding them
Subject(s): DISEASE; GNATS;
Full Poem Text Available at
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