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GOODNIGHT by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: AN OYSTER THAT WENT TO BED X-MILLION YEARS AGO
Last Line: IF I AM NOT HERE FOR BREAKFAST, GEOLOGIZE AT WILL

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LIGHT VERSE.
  HARMON, WILLIAM (ED.)
  (1979)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN CIARDI. COMPILED AND EDITED BY EDWARD M. CIFELLI.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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