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SELF-PORTRAIT PHOTO OF RIMBAUD WITH FOLDED ARMS: ABYSSINIA, 1883, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: To be already your own ghost, to be weak light a-slither
Last Line: Cut it with a bone saw but the phantom pain goes on




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