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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#1): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN by MARVIN BELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE DEAD MAN THINKS HE IS ALIVE WHEN HE SEES BLOOD IN HIS STOOL
Last Line: It will have its yearly anniversary, but it would be wrong to call it a holiday
Subject(s): BLOOD; DEATH; DEAD, THE;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/the-book-of-the-dead-man-by-marvin-bell/#:~:text=Seeing%20blood%20in%20his%20stool,people%20who%20will%20not%20answer.



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