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A MAD FIGHT SONG FOR WILLIAM S. CARPENTER, 1966 by JAMES WRIGHT

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First Line: QUICK ON MY FEET IN THOSE NOVEMBERS OF MY LONELINESS,
Last Line: Wings of strange birds that are burning / Themselves alive
Subject(s): CARPENTER, WILLIAM S., JR.; FOOTBALL; VIETNAMESE CONFLICT, 1961-1975;
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