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BUYING AND SELLING by PHILIP LEVINE

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First Line: ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BAY BRIDGE I SANG
Last Line: Themselves, who having been abandoned believe / their parents will return before dark
Subject(s): CITIES; SALESPERSONS; URBAN LIFE; SELLING;
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