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FOR THREE DAYS by MARIE HOWE

Poem Explanation

First Line: FOR THREE DAYS NOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF ANOTHER WORD FOR GRATITUDE
Last Line: WHEN THE COMPASSIONATE FIST OF GOD OPENED AND CRUSHED HER WITH GRATITUDE ...
Subject(s): AIDS (DISEASE); SICKNESS;

Poem Sources:

THINGS SHAPED IN PASSING; MORE 'POETS FOR LIFE' WRITING FROM AIDS PANDEMIC.
  KLEIN, MICHAEL, & MCCANN, RICHARD (EDS.)
  (1997)
 



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