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THE JEW AND THE ROOSTER ARE ONE by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: AFTER FIGHTING WITH HIS DEAD BROTHERS AND HIS DEAD SISTERS
Last Line: dying on the way to Paris and he was / tethered to a table, he was slaughtered
Subject(s): SOUTINE, CHAIM (1893-1943); PAINTINGS & PAINTERS; JEWS; BUTCHERY; JUDAISM;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182309


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