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BOWERY by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: BUMS ARE THE SPIRIT OF US PARKED IN RATTY OLD HOTELS
Last Line: "OF YOUR WEALTH, THE LONG HOURS FILLED
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS; BOWERY, NEW YORK CITY; DRUNKARDS; ALCOHOL ABUSE;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/02/archives/poems-19341969-poems-19341969.html


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