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LEAVING by CATHY SONG

First Line: WAHIAWA IS STILL %A RED DIRT TOWN
Last Line: ITS RODENT FINGERS %FINALLY LETTING GO %AS MY FATHER JABBED ITS FURRY BODY %WITH THE END OF A BROOM

Poem Sources:

MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
PICTURE BRIDE.
  SONG, CATHY
  (1983)
 



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