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LOVE FOR THE DOG by GERALD STERN

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First Line: BEFORE HE OPENED HIS EYES, AS HE LAY THERE UNDER THE WINDOW
Last Line: Like wild water through all his troubled veins
Subject(s): DOGS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Early_Collected_Poems_1965_1992/vMYZPz8BByAC?q=GERALD+STERN+%22BEFORE+HE+OPENED+HIS+EYES,+AS+HE+LAY+THERE+UNDER+THE+WINDOW%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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