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ON A PHOTOGRAPH OF A GERMAN SOLDIER DEAD IN POLAND by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: GRANT HIM AT THE END HIS COMMON HUMANITY
Last Line: Would have pockmarked the earth with his bullets, in honor's name
Subject(s): WORLD WAR II - CASUALTIES;
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