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POEM FOR MY TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY by KENNETH KOCH

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First Line: PASSING THE AMERICAN GRAVEYARD, FOR MY BIRTHDAY
Last Line: the man standing upright in the dream
Subject(s): BIRTHDAYS; CEMETERIES; GRAVEYARDS;
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/24301/poem-for-my-twentieth-birthday


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