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IF GOD WON'T TAKE ME WHY WON'T THE DEVIL?'; GREAT-GREAT-AUNT LEONORA by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE STROKE YOUR HANDS TO MAKE YOU SMILE
Last Line: CASTING YOU BACK.
Subject(s): AGING; AUNTS; DEATH; DEAD, THE;

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