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MIDNIGHT GLADNESS by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: THE PLEATED LAMPSHADE, SLIGHTLY ASKEW
Last Line: at my lips before darkness. Gift after gift
Subject(s): CHRISTIANITY; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

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