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GLASSES by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: I WEAR THEM. THEY HELP ME. BUT I
Last Line: FROM TABLETOPS, AND WOMEN FROWN
Subject(s): EYEGLASSES; SPECTACLES;
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