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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: ABSALOM by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: I FIRST DISCOVERED WHAT WAS KILLING THESE MEN.
Last Line: I shall give a mouth to my son
Subject(s): FAMILY LIFE; LABOR & LABORERS; DEATH; RELATIVES; WORK; WORKERS; DEAD, THE;
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/92723/the-book-of-the-dead-absalom


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