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UPSTATE by DEREK WALCOTT

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First Line: A KNIFE BLADE OF COLD AIR KEEPS PRYING
Subject(s): ALIENATION (SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENTERS; EXILES; MARGINALITY, SOCIAL; ESTRANGEMENT; OUTCASTS;
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