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THINKING ABOUT THE PAST by DONALD JUSTICE

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First Line: CERTAIN MOMENTS WILL NEVER CHANGE, NOR STOP BEING
Last Line: Time a bow bent with his certain failure. / dusks, dawns, waves, the ends of songs
Subject(s): NOSTALGIA;

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