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BELLE ISLE, 1949 by PHILIP LEVINE

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First Line: WE STRIPPED IN THE FIRST WARM SPRING NIGHT
Last Line: To go back where we came from
Subject(s): AMERICANS; UNITED STATES; AMERICA;

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