First Line: I PARKED BY THE GRAVE IN SEPTEMBER, UNDER OAKS AND BIRVHES Last Line: Gus healthy and gay, refusing to give up his tennis ball. Subject(s): GRAVES; LOVE - EROTIC; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
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