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GIFT: THE LIFE OF DA PONTE: ASSUME A GOD by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT

Poem Explanation

First Line: ASSUME A GOD, OR A SET OF THEM
Last Line: SWIM TO SOME SAFE HAVEN, REACH DRY LAND

Poem Sources:

A NEW PLEIADE; SELECTED POEMS.
  CHAPPELL, FRED, KELLY CHERRY, R. H. W. DILLARD, BRENDAN GALVIN, GEORGE GARRETT, DAVID R. SLAVITT, AND HENRY TAYLOR.
  (1998)
 



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