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A BIRTHDAY CARD by TED KOOSER

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First Line: IN HER EIGHTIES NOW, AND WEAK AND ILL
Last Line: this hurried S.O.S., with love
Subject(s): AUNTS; SICKNESS; BIRTHDAYS; ILLNESS;
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