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OLD MAID by KATHRYN STRIPLING BYER

First Line: AS ALWAYS I SIT IN A BACK PEW, %THE EASIER TO ESCAPE %ONCE IT'S OVER
Last Line: GOD SITS ALONE %IN HIS CANOPY OF STARS

Poem Sources:

TAR RIVER POETRY, V40#2, SPRING/01.
  (2001)
 



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