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SOMETHING HAS FALLEN by PHILIP LEVINE

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First Line: SOMETHING HAS FALLEN WORDLESSLY
Last Line: that turned all five fingers / to grease or black ink or ashes
Subject(s): CHILDHOOD MEMORIES;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.missourireview.com/philip-levine-something-has-fallen/



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