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HISTORY OF THE AIRPLANE by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI

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First Line: AND THE WRIGHT BROTHERS SAID THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD INVENTED
Last Line: Fill the air / everywhere
Subject(s): WORLD TRADE CENTER TRAGEDY (9/11/2001); NEW YORK CITY - TERRORIST ATTACK, 9/11;
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