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IZMIR AT THREE O'CLOCK by TOMAS TRANSTROMER

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First Line: JUST AHEAD IN THE ALMOST EMPTY STREET
Last Line: The city lay crawling at the sea's door / gleaming in the vulture's telescopic sight
Subject(s): SCOTTISH TRANSLATIONS;
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