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Tiresias as Cuir (on the run)By Trish Salahi. Dog. The time you take home, the time you take away from home. The insistence, the instance worried…NatureAnimalsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+Arts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphor + 12 more
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