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THURSDAY EVENING BEDTIME by LUCILLE CLIFTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: AFRAID OF THE DARK %IS AFRAID OF MOM
Last Line: SAYS EBONY %EVERETT %ANDERSON
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; FAMILY LIFE;

Poem Sources:

FAMILIES; POEMS CELEBRATING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN WARD.
  STRICKLAND, DOROTHY S. AND MICHAEL R. STRICKLAND (EDS.)
  (1994)
 



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