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FIRST TIME by ALLISON JOSEPH

Poem Explanation

First Line: OLD WIVES' TALES DIDN'T HELP
Last Line: WE SUNK TO OUR KNEES, EVERY TIME I LET YOU IN
Subject(s): BABY BOOM GENERATION; WOMEN;

Poem Sources:

BOOMER GIRLS; POEMS BY WOMEN FROM THE BABY BOOM GENERATION. EDITED BY PAMELA GEMIN AND PAULA SERGI.
  GEMIN, PAMELA (ED.)
  (1999)
 
IN EVERY SEAM.
  JOSEPH, ALLISON
  (1997)
 



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