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THE ORIGIN OF ACRYLIC by THOMAS WILLARD CLARK

First Line: THE FISHING ON THE SWAMP IS FINE
Last Line: "LIKE THE WORDS ""DARK GREEN"
Subject(s): DEATH; TRAGEDY; DEAD, THE;

The fishing on the swamp is fine
if slightly tragic
the big dark birds
fall out of the sky
and hit the turbid water
with a dead baby plop
like the words "dark green"



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