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THE SURGEON AT 2 A.M. by SYLVIA PLATH

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First Line: THE WHITE LIGHT IS ARTIFICIAL, AND HYGIENIC AS HEAVEN.
Last Line: Grey faces, shuttered by drugs, follow me like flowers
Subject(s): SURGERY; HOSPITALS;
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