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LAUNCELOT IN HELL by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: THAT NOON WE BANGED LIKE TUBS IN A BLAST FROM HELL'S MOUTH
Last Line: BECAUSE NO OTHER IRON DARED ME WHOLE
Subject(s): ARTHURIAN LEGEND;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=97&issue=4&page=39


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