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EVENING TRAIN by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: AN OLD MAN SLEEPING IN THE EVENING TRAIN
Last Line: Rocks and bounces onward through sleeping fields, / our unknown stillness / holding level as water s
Subject(s): MEMORY; OLD AGE; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; TRAINS;
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