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PRISONERS ON THE ROOF by JOHN HEWITT

First Line: A HUNDRED YARDS ALONG THE OTHER SIDE
Last Line: WE HEARD THE RUMOURED UPROAR, RAN FOR PROOF; %AND THOUGHT THE LEDGE THEY DANCED ON HIGH AND STEEP

Poem Sources:

THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN HEWITT. FRANK ORMSBY (ED.)
  HEWITT, JOHN
  (1991)
 



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