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COLOSSUS by EDWARD FIELD

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First Line: IT'S AWESOME TO HAVE STRADDLED A CENTURY
Last Line: TO CRUMBLE INTO RUINS WITH IT
Subject(s): CORRUPTION IN POLITICS; SOCIAL COMMENTARIES;
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