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IN THE BASEMENT OF THE GOODWILL STORE by TED KOOSER

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First Line: IN MUSTY LIGHT, IN THE THIN BROWN AIR
Last Line: have taken you back in their arms
Subject(s): ALIENATION (SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENTERS; EXILES; MARGINALITY, SOCIAL; ESTRANGEMENT; OUTCASTS;
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