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EL MALIBU by RICHARD BLANCO

First Line: PAPA SMELLED OF FINE TABACO AND THE DRIED BLOOD
Last Line: HIS HANDS CLEAN AND MANICURED, FREE OF BLOOD

Poem Sources:

CITY OF A HUNDRED FIRES.
  BLANCO, RICHARD
  (1998)
 



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