Pariah single work   poetry   "My friends have all disowned me. In the streets"
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Pariah
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  • Author note: Adaptation from Theognis: Lines 841-844. This poem is a puzzle. We know from the inflections that the speaker is in the feminine gender. She has been variously identified as a prostitute, a cat, the moon and a disagreeable or unwanted female relation.

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