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Unless I am mistaken, it is a horrendously butchered spelling of "barflies". There are at least half a dozen typing errors in the poem, but that was by far the worst. The piece apparently wasn't proofread before publication.

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Q: In Jamaica Kincaids poem called Girl there is a quote mentioning Wharbfflies What are those?
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