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OBSOLESCENCE by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY WIFE, BECAUSE SHE DAYDREAMS CATALOGUES
Last Line: PROGRAMMED TO PROJECT A 4-D GOD

Poem Sources:

THE BIRDS OF POMPEII.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1985)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN CIARDI. COMPILED AND EDITED BY EDWARD M. CIFELLI.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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