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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: MEARL BLANKENSHIP by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: HE STOOD AGAINST THE STOVE
Last Line: let me know soon
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; ILLNESS; DEATH; WORK; WORKERS; DEAD, THE;

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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Out_of_Silence/rRhrJAI6kUgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rukeyser+%22He+stood+against+the+stove%22&pg=PA17&printsec=frontcover



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