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RAIN-WET ASPHALT HEAT, GARBAGE CURBED CANS OVERFLOWING by ALLEN GINSBERG

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First Line: I HAULED DOWN LIFELESS MATTRESSES TO SIDEWALK REFUSE-PILES
Last Line: I hauled down lifeless mattresses to sidewalk refuse-piles
Subject(s): UNITED STATES; AMERICA;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Selected_Poems_1947_1995/2n25cHYjWOUC?q=%22lifeless+matresses%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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