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GULLS LAND AND CEASE TO BE by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: SPREAD BACK ACROSS THE AIR, WINGS WIDE
Last Line: AND ARE AGROUND
Subject(s): DEATH – ANIMALS; GULLS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/John_Ciardi_a_Biography_p/_HWNsvwhRWUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ciardi+%22Spread+back+across+the+air,+wings+wide%22&pg=PA315&printsec=frontcover


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