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BEGINNING THE HEGIRA: THE MONEY SWING by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: MOTHER, FATHER, / I HOLD THIS SNAPSHOT OF YOU
Last Line: If you don't want it to be snow / you just pay money
Subject(s): GOD; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Selected_Poems_of_Anne_Sexton/AZoc-CKhlm0C?q=ANNE+SEXTON+%22MOTHER,+FATHER,+/+I+HOLD+THIS+SNAPSHOT+OF+YOU%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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