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THE ORIGIN OF OLIVE OYL by DENISE DUHAMEL

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First Line: WHEN OLIVE WAS AN EMBRYO, SHE CURLED HER THUMBS
Last Line: Sometimes Popeye smoked a pipe and sometimes he didn’t
Subject(s): COMIC STRIPS; POPEYE (COMIC STRIP); WOMEN;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://bostonreview.net/poetry/denise-duhamel-maureen-seaton-origin-olive-oyl


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