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REPITITIONS by CARL SANDBURG

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First Line: THEY ARE CRYING SALT TEARS
Last Line: AND MORNING AIR.

THEY are crying salt tears
Over the beautiful beloved body
Of Inez Milholland,
Because they are glad she lived,
Because she loved open-armed,
Throwing love for a cheap thing
Belonging to everybody --
Cheap as sunlight,
And morning air.




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