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NIGHT FEEDING by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: DEEPER THAN SLEEP BUT NOT SO DEEP AS DEATH
Last Line: Found in the leaves, in clouds and dark, in dream, / deep as this hour, ready again to sleep
Subject(s): BREAST FEEDING; NURSING (INFANTS);
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