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MARY MAGDALENE by LOUISE ERDRICH

Poem Explanation

First Line: I WASH YOUR ANKLES %WITH MY TEARS. UNHEM
Last Line: BY WRECKING THEIR BODIES ON OTHER MEN
Subject(s): MARY MAGDALEN; NATIVE AMERICANS; WOMEN - BIBLE;

Poem Sources:

AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE; AN ANTHOLOGY.
  VELIE, ALAN R. (ED.)
  (1991)
 
BAPTISM OF DESIRE.
  ERDRICH, LOUISE
  (1989)
 



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