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REVEILLE FOR MY TWENTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: NOW ON THE BLUSTER AND ROIL OF THE WIND
Last Line: Decided hotly - then numb as a machine
Subject(s): BIRTHDAYS;

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