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FARMER AND THE BANKER by SIMON J. ORTIZ

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FAITH BREAKS?
Last Line: TERROR AT LAST SETTLED, THE DEBT UNPAID AS PLANNED, %THE QUESTION UNANSWERED

Poem Sources:

AFTER AND BEFORE THE LIGHTNING.
  ORTIZ, SIMON J.
  (1998)