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WAFFLEBUTT by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: REVEILLE RUNG ON THE TELEPHONE AWAKES
Last Line: where day and day destroys us after all
Subject(s): ARMY LIFE; DRILLS & MINOR TACTICS;
Full Poem Text Available at
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