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RITUAL THREE by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT IS QUIET FOR ME, NOW THAT I HAVE BURIED THE CHILD
Last Line: FOR HER TO LIVE IS TO ACT IN TERXMS OF DEATH
Subject(s): CHILD ABUSE; MURDER; TORTURE;
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