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JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL

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First Line: The stiff spokes of this wheel / touch the sore spots of the earth
Last Line: We no longer control could drag us back
Subject(s): WASHINGTON, D.C.; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; SUMMER;
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