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AN OLD MAN CONFESSES by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: I HAVE NO CAUSE, AND GOD HAS NOT CONFESSED
Last Line: INSIDE THE FACT HAD DRAINED. AND THEN HE DIED
Subject(s): OLD AGE; BOREDOM;

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