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ON REPORTING THE MURDER OF A YOUNG PROSTITUTE by JUDITH VOLLMER

First Line: I STOOD OVER HER, %THOUGHT: DRAW ME SOMETHING
Last Line: I OFFER HER A SIP OF MY PEPSI %& HALF OF MY SANDWICH. %TO HER I'M BLIND
Subject(s): NEWSPAPERS; PROSTITUTION;

Poem Sources:

LIKE THUNDER; POETS RESPOND TO VIOLENCE IN AMERICA.
  SUAREZ, VIRGIL AND RYAN G. VAN CLEAVE
  (2002)
 
ONTARIO REVIEW, #49, FALL-WINTER/98-99.
  (1998)
 
THE DOOR OPEN TO THE FIRE.
  VOLLMER, JUDITH
  (1998)
 



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