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FLINT AND STEEL by THOMAS MCGRATH

First Line: MOUNTAIN / MESQUITE
Last Line: For the little verb that will kindle the fire!
Subject(s): FORESTS; MOUNTAINS; SMELLS; SPRING; TREES; WOODS; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN); ODORS; AROMAS; FRAGRANCES;

Mountain
Mesquite
Sea
Star
Flower
-- All the imperial nouns
In their presumed autonomy
Waiting
For the little verb that will kindle the fire!


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