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MOTHER AND CHILD, BODY AND SOUL by JEAN VALENTINE

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU'VE BOARDED ME OVER LIKE A WINDOW OR A WELL.
Last Line: I will break if I bend
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171937


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