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THE OPERATION by ROBERT CREELEY

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First Line: BY SATURDAY I SAID YOU WOULD BE BETTER BY SUNDAY
Last Line: Cruel, cruel to describe / what there is no reason to describe
Subject(s): SURGERY;
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