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RIVER BLINDNESS (ONCHOCERCIASIS), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: First, a female buffalo gnat of the genus simulium bites you
Last Line: Baby flies dying, dying / in their eyes, / blinding them
Subject(s): Disease; Gnats




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