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ODE TO SUBURBIA by EAVAN BOLAND

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First Line: SIX O'CLOCK: THE KITCHEN BULBS WHICH BLISTER
Last Line: ON A RED LETTER DAY %CATCH A MOUSE

Poem Sources:

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY IRISH POETRY.
  FALLON, PETER, & MAHON, DEREK (EDS.)
  (1990)
 
AN ORIGIN LIKE WATER; COLLECTED POEMS 1967-1987.
  BOLAND, EAVAN
  (1996)
 



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