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First Line: TONIGHT THE AIR SMELLS OF CUT GRASS
Last Line: AND MY CHILD'S SHADOW LONGER THAN MY OWN
Subject(s): ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_a_Time_of_Violence_Poems/yP94n_Qp14kC?q=BOLAND+%22Tonight+the+air+smells+of+cut+grass%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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