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INSTEAD OF AN ANIMAL by LESLIE SCALAPINO

Poet Analysis

First Line: SEEING AS I WAS WILLING TO GIVE UP MY SEAT FOR THE PERSON WHO SAID
Last Line: PEOPLE WILL IMAGINE A CAT FLARING UP LIKE THAT UNDER THEIR NOSES

Poem Sources:

POEMS FOR THE MILLENNIUM. VOLUME 2. FROM POSTWAR TO MILLENNIUM.
  ROTHENBERG, JEROME, AND JORIS, PIERRE (EDS.)
  (1998)
 



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