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MYSTERY AND SOLITUDE IN TOPEKA by MARK STRAND

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First Line: AFTERNOON DARKENS INTO EVENING. A MAN FALLS DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE SLOW SPIRAL OF
Last Line: that he will confess to again and again, until it means nothing
Subject(s): SLEEP;
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