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The baby’s face turns dark with rage as she yells “mommy, mommy!”
The socialite turns her head, the homeless man closes his eyes,

and the straw-hatted woman looks up and waves before
returning to the rhythmic prayer beating against her body.

J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D. (lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu)
Professor of English
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