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CASUALTY by SEAMUS HEANEY

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First Line: HE WOULD DRINK BY HIMSELF / AND RAISE A WEATHERED THUMB
Last Line: Plodder through midnight rain / question me again
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS; DEATH; FORGES; DRUNKARDS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; DEAD, THE;
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