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CROSSING THE ATLANTIC by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: WE SAIL OUT OF SEASON INTO AN OYSTER-GRAY WIND
Last Line: This dead street never stops
Subject(s): ATLANTIC OCEAN; GOD; RELIGION; SEA; SEA VOYAGES; THEOLOGY; OCEAN;

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