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ELEGY FOR MY FATHER: 1. THE EMPTY BODY by MARK STRAND

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First Line: THE HANDS WERE YOURS, THE ARMS WERE YOURS
Last Line: But you were not there
Subject(s): FATHERS;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Poems_of_Mark_Strand/HHxIAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mark+strand+%22The+hands+were+yours,+the+arms+were+yours%22&pg=PT127&printsec=frontcover


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