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PORTENTS by THOMAS MCGRATH

First Line: TODAY THEY INVENT
Last Line: "Sooner or later,
Subject(s): COMPUTERS; FIRE; INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS; OMENS;

Today they invent
The computer that invents
Computers.

Tomorrow -- who knows? --
The wheel.
After that,
Sooner or later,
Fire.


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