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THE PROTESTOR by SHARON OLDS

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First Line: WE WERE DRIVING NORTH, THROUGH THE SNOW, YOU SAID
Last Line: SWALLOWED AND CARRIED IN THE ARK OF THE BODY ITSELF
Subject(s): KENT STATE UNIVERSITY - RIOT, 1970;
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