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BEREFT by BILLY COLLINS

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First Line: I LIKED LISTENING TO YOU TODAY AT LUNCH
Last Line: THE SOUND OF THE NEWCOMERS WEEPING
Subject(s): DEATH; MOURNING;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Trouble_with_Poetry/dtMhdlM_q48C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=collins+%22I+liked+listening+to+you+today+at+lunch%22&pg=PA34&printsec=frontcover



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