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REVISIONIST POEM: MACHADO by THOMAS MCGRATH

First Line: POOR AND DESPERATE MEN
Last Line: And the fear of drowning
Subject(s): SAILING & SAILORS; FEAR; DROWNING;
Poor and desperate men
Invented four things that are useful at sea:
Sails, rudders, oars
And the fear of drowning


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