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Classic and Contemporary Poetry

EVEN IF YOU GO AWAY, DEATH by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WILL NOT CALL YOU BACK
Last Line: I WILL SLIP INTO NOTHINGNESS HOLDING YOUR HAND

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SORROW; POEMS. TRANSLATED BY CAROLYN FORCHE.
  ALEGRIA, CLARIBEL
  (1999)