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DIGGING by SEAMUS HEANEY

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First Line: BETWEEN MY FINGER AND MY THUMB
Last Line: The squat pen rests. / I'll dig with it
Subject(s): FOOD HABITS; POETRY & POETS; POTATOES;
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