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SAVING MY SKIN FROM BURNING by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE GROUND ONCE; THERE WAS A MANHOLE
Last Line: INTO A PILLOW; I LAY ON MY BACK RECOVERING
Subject(s): ESCAPES; FUGITIVES;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/iowareview/article/17752/galley/126151/view/


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