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TYPHUS by LOUIS SIMPSON

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First Line: THE WHOLE EARTH WAS COVERED WITH SNOW,
Last Line: We were poor—a box was worth something
Subject(s): EPIDEMICS; PLUMS; DEATH; PLUM TREES; DEAD, THE;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://middleschoolpoetry180.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/78-typhus-louis-simpson/


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