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HE'S ASLEEP by LOUIS SIMPSON

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First Line: THE PHONE WAS RINGING
Last Line: IN THE ROOM, EXCEPT HIS WIFE
Subject(s): SLEEP; MARRIAGE; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Owner_of_the_House/Hi1aDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=louis+simpson+%22The+phone+was+ringing%22&pg=PT55&printsec=frontcover


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