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PURA VIDA by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: SUCH HEAT! IT BRINGS THE BRAIN BACK TO ITS BASIC BLANK
Last Line: The brain's dry buzz revives, a bit, as evening falls
Subject(s): HEAT; MND, THE;
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