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PHARMACY by KARL SHAPIRO

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First Line: IT BAFFLES THE FOREIGNER LIKE AN IDIOM
Last Line: They slump in booths like rags, not even drunk
Subject(s): PHARMACY & PHARMACISTS; DRUG STORE; APOTHECARY;
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