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DARLING by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE

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First Line: I BREAK THIS TOAST FOR THE GHOST OF BREAD IN LEBANON
Last Line: "THE WORD ""TOGETHER"" WANTS TO LIVE IN EVERY HOUSE."
Subject(s): LANGUAGE; LEBANON; MOTHERS; WORDS; VOCABULARY;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://books.google.com/books?id=H1aoDINM5AIC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=naomi+nye+%22UNDER+THE+NICKEL-GRAY+BRIDGES%22&source=bl&ots=rmtYPwinJD&sig=WZ4XrgU5tefkxEfd2HwobjGH2XM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bxqmUdfTJ8PJ0gG72YG4DQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=darling&f=false


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