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IN THE HOSPITAL, NEAR THE END by SHARON OLDS

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First Line: SUDDENLY MY FATHER LIFTED UP HIS NIGHTIE, I
Subject(s): DEATH; FATHERS & DAUGHTERS; DEAD, THE;

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