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DOORS, DOORS, DOORS: 1. OLD MAN by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: OLD MAN, IT'S FOUR FLIGHTS UP AND FOR WHAT
Last Line: With no new land to make for and no new stories to swap
Subject(s): OLD AGE; THEOLOGY;

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