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BROWN GIRL, BLONDE OKIE by GARY SOTO

First Line: JACKIE AND I CROSS-LEGGED
Last Line: IN THE DARK I TOUCH MY %NOSE, TRACE MY LIPS, AND PINCH %MY MOUTH INTO A DULL FLOWER. %OH GOD, WE'RE

Poem Sources:

ANNUAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN POETRY: 1985.
  (1987)
 
THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE.
  PHILIP, NEIL (ED.)
  (1996)
 
BLACK HAIR.
  SOTO, GARY
  (1985)
 
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  SOTO, GARY
  (1995)
 
A FIRE IN MY HANDS.
  SOTO, GARY
  (1991)
 



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