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ABSENT WITH OFFICIAL LEAVE by RANDALL JARRELL

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First Line: THE LIGHTS ARE BEGINNING TO GO OUT IN THE BARRACKS
Last Line: with whom he labors, sleeps, and dies
Subject(s): SOLDIERS;
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