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SOMALI SHOPPING FOR ORGANIC FIGS by JAMES TATE

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First Line: I WAS WALKING OUT OF THE HEALTH FOOD STORE
Last Line: forbidden. Her bui-bui was made in Heaven, the blackest corner of it
Subject(s): BEAUTY; SURPRISE; WOMEN;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://shootingpoets.blogspot.com/2008/08/pulitzer-prize-winner-1992-james-tate.html


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