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A SON WITH A FUTURE by CHARLES REZNIKOFF

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First Line: WHEN HE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, HE STOOD AT THE WINDOW DURING A
Last Line: They did not tell him that his son was dead of influenza
Subject(s): SONS; CONDUCT OF LIFE; DEATH; DEAD, THE;
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