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SAND-QUARRY by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: FATHER AND I DROVE TO THE SAND-QUARRY ACROSS THE WINED MARSHLANDS
Last Line: He caught my hand as I cried, / and smiling, entered the pit, ran laughing down its side
Subject(s): QUARRIES; FATHERS & DAUGHTERS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION;
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