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Louise Erdrich(b. 1954)

Birth

W h e n t h e y w e r e wild
W h e n t h e y w e r e n o t yet h u m a n
W h e n t h e y c o u l d h a v e b e e n a n y t h i n g ,
I was on the other side ready with milk to lure them,
And their father, too, each name a net in his hands.
 
CARL ANN DUFFY
b. 1955