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FATHER AND FARTHER by SHERMAN ALEXIE

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN MCNEIL ISLAND PRISON FOR BAD CHECKS, MY FATHER WORKED TO PAY
Last Line: LOOKED AT MY FATHER. HE HELD ME TIGHTLY. HE TOLD ME TO HOLD ON

Poem Sources:

ZYZZYVA, V12#2, SUMMER /96.
  (1996)
 
THE SUMMER OF BLACK WIDOWS.
  ALEXIE, SHERMAN
  (1996)
 



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