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SORROW SONG by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: FOR THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN
Last Line: THE EXTRAORDINARY EVIL IN %ORDINARY MEN

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V16#5, SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER /87.
  (1987)
 
NEXT; NEW POEMS.
  CLIFTON, LUCILLE
  (1987)
 
BLESSING THE BOATS; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS 1988-2000.
  CLIFTON, LUCILLE
  (2000)
 



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