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POWERS OF THIRTEEN: 132 by JOHN HOLLANDER

First Line: BREAKING OFF THE SONG OF THE REFRAIN, PUTTING THE BRAKES
Last Line: BURDEN OF THE TUNE WE CARRY, HUMMING, TO THE GRAVE

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POETRY.
  HOLLANDER, JOHN
  (1995)
 



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