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THE ORIGIN OF LAUGHTER by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: HUNCHED IN THE DARK BENEATH HIS MOTHER'S HEART
Last Line: WHERE THE KNOWN RHYTHM HOLDS ITS SECRET PLACE
Subject(s): LAUGHTER;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1968/06/the-origin-of-laughter-after-desmond-morris/659208/


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