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AFTER LONG SILENCE by JANE HIRSHFIELD

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First Line: POLITENESS FADES, %A SMALL ANCHOVY GLEAM
Last Line: YET WORDS ARE NOT THE END OF THOUGHT, THEY ARE WHERE IT BEGINS

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V31#3, MAY-JUNE/02.
  (2002)
 



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