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TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 1991 by BILLY COLLINS

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First Line: BY THE TIME I GET MYSELF OUT OF BED, MY WIFE HAS LEFT
Last Line: offering a handfull of birdsong and a small cup of light
Subject(s): PAINTINGS & PAINTERS; CHORES;
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