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O YE TONGUES by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: LET THERE BE A GOD AS LARGE AS A SUNLAMP TO LAUGH HIS HEAT AT YOU
Last Line: For God was as large as a sunlamp and laughed his heat at us and therefore we did not cringe at the
Subject(s): GOD; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
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