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IN CALIFORNIA DURING THE GULF WAR by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: AMONG THE BLIGHT-KILLED EUCALYPTS, AMONG
Last Line: Were not doves, there was no rainbow. And when it was claimed / the war had ended, it had not ended
Subject(s): CALIFORNIA; GULF WAR (1991); OPERATION DESERT STORM (1991);
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