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MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET by RITA DOVE

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First Line: NEVER POINT YOUR WEAPON, KEEP YOUR FINGER
Last Line: sleeping in the next room, all with one shot
Subject(s): BULLETS; GUNS; MEDITATION;
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