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AMERICAN MANHOOD by ROBERT WRIGLEY

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First Line: IN THE DULL ACHE THAT IS MIDNIGHT FOR A BOY
Last Line: and went home and laughed aloud and wept
Subject(s): TEENAGERS; BOYS; NIGHT; COMING OF AGE; BEDTIME;
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