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DOWN TIME by JOHN UPDIKE

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WIATING FOR TOM, THE BOY WHO CAN FIX MY COMPUTER IF ANYONE CAN
Last Line: My neighbor's smoke has stopped rising, his fire, too, / is down
Subject(s): AGING;

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