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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ORIGIN OF ACRYLIC, by THOMAS WILLARD CLARK
First Line: The fishing on the swamp is fine
Last Line: "like the words ""dark green"
Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Tom
Subject(s): Death; Tragedy; Dead, The
First Line: The fishing on the swamp is fine
Last Line: "like the words ""dark green"
Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Tom
Subject(s): Death; Tragedy; Dead, The
The fishing on the swamp is fine
if slightly tragic
the big dark birds
fall out of the sky
and hit the turbid water
with a dead baby plop
like the words "dark green"
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