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NY TIMES, SUNDAY, 10-25-53: BENEFITS EXPLAINED FOR ... by JOHN ASHBERY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE LITTLE ZEBRAS ARE TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND ANNE
Last Line: BUT WORSE TO BE A PIGEON WITH HANDCUFFS ALWAYS HANGING OVER YOUR HEAD

Poem Sources:

CHELSEA, #55 /93.
  (1993)
 



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