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SNAKE DOCTORS: 3: HAMBONE by FRANK STANFORD

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEY TIED HIS HIND LEGS TOGETHER
Last Line: I SAW A KNIFE IN THE MOONLIGHT %'SWEET JESUS' I SAID %BORN IN THE CAMP WITH SIX TOES CUT ME DOWN

Poem Sources:

LIGHT THE DEAD SEE. LEON STOKESBURY (ED.)
  STANFORD, FRANK
  (1991)
 



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