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WAITING FOR ICARUS by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: HE SAID HE WOULD BE BACK AND WE'D DRINK WINE TOGETHER
Last Line: It would have been better than this
Subject(s): ICARUS; WAITIING; PROMISES; INVENTIONS & INVENTORS;

Full Poem Text Available at
http://murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Waiting-for-Icarus.pdf



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