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DAWN OF THE SPACE AGE by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: FIRST A MONKEY, THEN A MAN
Last Line: Just the way the world began
Subject(s): SPACE & SPACE TRAVEL; OUTER SPACE; FOURTH DIMENSION;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Collected_Poems_of_John_Ciardi/DVR0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ciardi+%22dawn+of+the+space+age%22&pg=PA293&printsec=frontcover


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