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AT BICKFORD'S by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT I USE MY BODY NOW FOR EVERYTHING
Last Line: I WILL SIT AND READ IN MY CHAIR; %I WILL WAVE FROM MY WINDOW
Subject(s): AGING; RESTAURANTS;

Poem Sources:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
NIGHT OUT: POEMS ABOUT HOTELS, MOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND BARS.
  BROWN, KURT, AND BOSSELAAR, LAURE-ANNE (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
LEAVING ANOTHER KINGDOM; SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1990)
 



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