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THE LAUREL TREE by LOUIS SIMPSON

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First Line: IN THE CLEAR LIGHT THAT CONFUSES EVERYTHING
Last Line: It is so that spiritual messengers / Deliver their meaning
Subject(s): TREES; KOREAN WAR, 1950-1953;
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