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HOW IT ADDS UP by TONY HOAGLAND

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First Line: THERE WAS THE DAY WE SWAM IN A RIVER, A LAKE, AND AN OCEAN.
Last Line: of a crazy song
Subject(s): CONDUCT OF LIFE; DISAPPOINTMENT;

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