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AT FIRST I WAS GIVEN by MARGARET ATWOOD

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First Line: AT FIRST I WAS GIVEN CENTURIES
Last Line: BEFORE YOU RUN OUT INTO THE STREET AND THEY SHOOT
Subject(s): WAR; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY

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