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SEA-TROUT AND BUTTERFISH by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: THE CONTOURS AND THE SHINE
Last Line: Separates this from that / and the fine fins' sharp spines
Subject(s): FISH & FISHING; ANGLERS;

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