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LIFE IS MOTION by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: IN OKLAHOMA, / BONNIE AND JOSIE
Last Line: Celebrating the marriage / Of flesh and air
Subject(s): LOVE - MARITAL; MARRIAGE; WEDDED LOVE; MARRIAGE - LOVE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
In Oklahoma,
In Oklahoma,
Bonnie and Josie,
Bonnie and Josie,
Dressed in calico,
Dressed in calico,
Danced around a stump.
Danced around a stump.
They cried,
They cried,
Ohoyaho,
Ohoyaho,
Ohoo" ...
Ohoo" . . .
Celebrating the marriage
Celebrating the marriage
Of flesh and air.
Of flesh and air.




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