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... BY AN EARTHQUAKE by JOHN ASHBERY

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First Line: A HEARS BY CHANCE A FAMILIAR NAME, AND THE NAME INVOLVES A RIDDLE OF THE PAST
Last Line: it, I said
Subject(s): SATIRE;
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