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CONSTRUCTION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: ON THE SIDEWALK
Last Line: There was a used / condom squashed / flat
Subject(s): CITY & TOWN LIFE;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Collected_Poems_of_William_Carlos_Wi/i0R5p2F73DQC?q=WILLIAM+CARLOS+WILLIAMS+%22NO+PRETENSE+NO+MORE+THAN+THE+/FRENCH+PAINTERS+OF+/THE+EARLY+YEARS%22&gbpv=1#f=false



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