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GRANDFATHER, YOUR WOUND by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: THE WOUND IS OPEN
Last Line: Blinking its dry wings over us all, / over my wound / and yours
Subject(s): GOD; GRANDPARENTS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1972-09-30/flipbook/040/


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