First Line: SWEET EARTH, HE RAN AND CHANGED HIS SHOES TO GO Last Line: THE CHANGE OF TONE, THE HUMAN HOPE GONE GRAY Subject(s): DEATH; EARTH; DEAD, THE; WORLD;
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