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SLEEPERS AWAKE by JOHN ASHBERY

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First Line: CERVANTES WAS ASLEEP WHEN HE WROTE DON QUIXOTE
Last Line: Them, in a wordless implosion of sleep
Subject(s): WRITING & WRITERS; SLEEP;
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