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MY SAD SELF by ALLEN GINSBERG

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First Line: SOMETIMES WHEN MY EYES ARE RED
Last Line: In the mind to come / where all manhattan that I've seen must disappear
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY; SELF; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE;

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