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AUGUST by MARY OLIVER

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First Line: OUR NEIGHBOR, TALL AND BLONDE AND VIGOROUS, THE MOTHER
Last Line: The black bells, the leaves, there is / this happy tongue
Subject(s): NEIGHBORS; SICKNESS; ILLNESS;

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