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RITUAL FOR SINGING BAT by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: MUST WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT ASCENDS ASPIRES?
Last Line: INTO A MISTY FOREST OF A CLOUD
Subject(s): SOLDIERS; NATIVE AMERICANS; WORLD WAR II; DEATH;
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