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A LETTER by DONALD JUSTICE

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First Line: YOU WRITE THAT YOU ARE ILL, CONFUSED. THE TREES
Last Line: TEN YEARS OLDER, TAME NOW, LESS MAD, LESS BEAUTIFUL
Subject(s): SICKNESS; AGING; ILLNESS;

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