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ON A PAINTING BY PATIENT B OF INDEPENDENCE STATE HOSPITAL by DONALD JUSTICE

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First Line: THESE SEVEN HOUSES HAVE LEARNED TO FACE ONE ANOTHER
Last Line: Not public like mountains but private like companions
Subject(s): INSANITY; MADNESS; MENTAL ILLNESS;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_and_Selected_Poems_of_Donald_Justice/B7ekQlKMkEAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=justice+%22These+seven+houses+have+learned+to+face+one+another%22&pg=PA52&printsec=frontcover


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