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A BOOK ON ECONOMICS by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG

Poet Analysis

First Line: BETWEEN LONG ROWS OF FIGURES LURK
Last Line: I SEE DEATH FREEZE A BABY'S SMILE.
Subject(s): CHILD LABOR; POVERTY; WOMEN;
Between long rows of figures lurk
Pictures of little girls at work;

And how poor women fade away
Page after page the margins say.

And in a note once in a while
I see death freeze a baby's smile.


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