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WATERLILY FIRE by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: GIRL GROWN WOMAN ... FIRE... MOTHER OF FIRE
Last Line: The city of endless cycles of the sun. / I speak to you you speak to me
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY; FIRE; LIFE; CHANGE; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE;

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