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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#44) by MARVIN BELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: UNDER DEADLINE, THE DEAD MAN HUNKERS DOWN AND LIGHTENS UP
Last Line: The dead man hastens so that later he may have all the time in ter world

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