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First Line: ALTHOUGH IT IS NIGHT, I SIT IN THE BATHROOM, WAITING
Last Line: Night rests like a ball of fur on my tongue
Subject(s): BABY BOOM GENERATION; WOMEN;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172129


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