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THE MYSTERIOUS ARRIVAL OF AN UNUSUAL LETTER by MARK STRAND

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First Line: IT HAD BEEN A LONG DAY AT THE OFFICE AND A LONG RIDE BACK TO THE SMALL APARTMENT
Last Line: "Dear Son," was the way it began. "Dear Son" and then nothing.
Subject(s): LETTERS; FATHERS;
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/54269/the-mysterious-arrival-of-an-unusual-letter


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