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GROS-ILET by DEREK WALCOTT

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First Line: FROM THIS VILLAGE, SOAKED LIKE A GREY RAG IN SALT WATER
Last Line: THE SEA GRAPES BITTER, THE LANGUAGE IS THAT OF SLAVES.
Subject(s): SLAVERY; SERFS;

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