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EMPATHY AND THE NEW YEAR by JAMES SCHUYLER

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First Line: WHITMAN TOOK THE CARS
Last Line: for once seen as they are, / in ropes like roots

Full Poem Text Available at
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/schuyler/schuyler_empathy.html



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