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WHAT THE CITY WAS LIKE by JAMES TATE

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First Line: THE CITY WAS FULL OF BLUE DEVILS
Last Line: You could set their hair on fire and, sure enough, they'd start screaming
Subject(s): CITIES; URBAN LIFE;
Full Poem Text Available at
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