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THE SUN by JOHN ASHBERY

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First Line: THE WATERMARK SAID IT WAS ALONE WITH US
Last Line: Or rotting spurs sketched in phosphorus for what we did

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=134&issue=4&page=9



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