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BEHAVING LIKE A JEW by GERALD STERN

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First Line: WHEN I GOT THERE THE DEAD OPOSSUM LOOKED LIKE
Last Line: From his round belly and his curved fingers / and his black whiskers and his little dancing feet
Subject(s): ETHNIC GROUPS - UNITED STATES; MINORITIES - UNITED STATES; U.S. - RACE RELATIONS;
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