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BIRTHDAY by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT IS THAT THEY SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN THE SKY
Last Line: A month or two before. It has to be / the oldest craving of all, the first mercy
Subject(s): NATURE;

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