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THE GREAT GRANDPARENTS by TED KOOSER

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First Line: AS SMALL CHILDREN, WE WERE TAKEN TO MEET THEM.
Last Line: smoldering somewhere under their clothes
Subject(s): GRANDPARENTS; GRANDMOTHERS; GRANDFATHERS; GREAT GRANDFATHERS; GREAT GRANDMOTHERS;

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