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HOW IT IS by ROBERT MEZEY

First Line: I HEAR THE SOUND OF AFFLICTION. THEY ARE WEEPING
Last Line: HOW WAN THEY ARE, AND SHRUNKEN, WHEN THEY COME BACK

Poem Sources:

VOICES WITHIN THE ARK; THE MODERN JEWISH POETS.
  SCHWARTZ, HOWARD, & RUDOLF, ANTHONY (EDS.)
  (1980)
 
COLLECTED POEMS; 1952-1999.
  MEZEY, ROBERT
  (2000)
 



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