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WHAT'S THE RIDDLE THEY ASK YOU? by RANDALL JARRELL

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Last Line: I DON'T KNOW
Subject(s): RIDDLES;
What's the riddle that they ask you
When you're young and you say, 'I don't know,'
But that later on you will know--
The riddle that they ask you
When you're old and you say, 'I don't know,'
And that's the answer?"
I don't know.



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