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PREPARING THE CEREMONY by YANNIS RITSOS

First Line: SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG WITH THE CELEBRATION THEY'RE
Last Line: AND IF I TRY TO GO DOWN THE STAIRS, THE USHER WILL ARREST ME

Poem Sources:

REPETITIONS, TESTIMONIES, PARENTHESES. EDMUND KEELEY (TR.)
  RITSOS, YANNIS
  (1991)
 



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