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NOT FORGOTTEN by TOI DERRICOTTE

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First Line: I LOVE THE WAY THE BLACK ANTS USE THEIR DEAD.
Last Line: We'll be forgotten? And he bent down over the grave and weeps
Subject(s): MORTALITY;
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