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MINUS ONE by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: OF SEVEN SPARROWS ON A COUNTRY WIRE
Last Line: HAWK IN THIS NOW? UNCHOSEN? COME TO CHOOSE?
Subject(s): SPARROWS; HAWKS; FATHERS & SONS;
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