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Finding the tintype.(Poem)

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| September 01, 2006 | Kennedy, X.J. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
Finding the tintype 
 
   Those boughs stay green from which began 
      Garlands of flesh: my Gran, who spread 
      Twelve babies in her double bed 
   As one might open a fan, 
 
   While constant in baptismal black, 
      Of every blessing, pound by pound, 
      In this bouncing Bible goatskin-bound, 
   My grandfather kept track. 
 
   They ...

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