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PRISONERS by RANDALL JARRELL

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First Line: WITHIN THE WIRES OF THE POST, UNLOADING THE CANS OF GARBAGE
Last Line: From these moments, repeated forever, our own new world wil be made
Subject(s): WAR;

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