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SEA BURIAL by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: THROUGH THE SEA'S CRUST OF PRISMS LOOKING UP
Last Line: AND RAN ON GRASS AS IF IT COULD NOT DIE
Subject(s): FUNERALS - AT SEA; WORLD WAR II; BURIALS AT SEA; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Poems_of_John_Ciardi_p/qkcmAjKXJn0C?q=TIME+IS+THE+LATE&gbpv=1&bsq=sea%20burial#f=false


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