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THE COMFORT OF A WOMAN by RALPH BURNS

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First Line: LAST NIGHT I WOKE TO THE SMELL OF FURNACE GAS
Last Line: as a sunfish, small-boned as a sparrow
Subject(s): WOMEN; HUNTING;
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