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AS I GREW OLDER by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

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First Line: IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO
Last Line: Into a thousand whirling dreams / of sun!
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;

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