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THE NATIONAL DAY by ROQUE DALTON

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First Line: TODAY WAS THE DAY OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY: I WOKE UP WITH THE MEANS TO
Last Line: ike the mouth of a dead coyote, between the intoxicating gases of hymns
Subject(s): PATRIOTISM;
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