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FOUR LOCAL CHARACTERS: 2. YOUNG MAN by GEORGE PALMER GARRETT JR.

First Line: ROOSTER'S MY FAVORITE BIRD, THE RED-COMBED NECK
Last Line: MY TONGUE. I PICK BONES CLEAN, BOTH DARK AND LIGHT

Poem Sources:

COLLECTED POEMS OF GEORGE GARRETT.
  GARRETT, GEORGE
  (1984)
 



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