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LISTENING by JEAN VALENTINE

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY WHOLE LIFE I WAS SWIMMING LISTENING
Last Line: Lightness wouldn't last if it wasn't used up on the lyre
Subject(s): CONDUCT OF LIFE;

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