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THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION by RON PADGETT

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First Line: I THINK THE DEED WAS RICHER THAN DYING
Last Line: SET UP MACHINE GUNS OVER THE STALE BELLYACHING OF OUR BOOKS
Subject(s): DEATH; WAR;
Full Poem Text Available at
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