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A SHELF IS A LEDGE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I don't understand by what perversity
Last Line: As he screams in the dark: survive! Survive!
Subject(s): Books; Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Inanimate Objects; Survival; Reading




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