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THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR by KARL SHAPIRO

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First Line: THE GATES CLANGED AND THEY WALKED YOU INTO JAIL
Last Line: What we come back to in the armistice
Subject(s): CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS;
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