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TOY FACTORY by CHARLES SIMIC

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First Line: MY MOTHER WORKS HERE
Last Line: Their spades are heavy, / their spades are much too heavy. / Perhaps that's how it's supposed to be?
Subject(s): TOYS; WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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