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ON THE READING IN THE MORNING PAPER THAT DREAMS MAY BE .... by BILLY COLLINS

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE MIGHT HAVE GUESSED AS MUCH, GIVEN THE NIGHTLY
Last Line: OR WAKING UP TO THE CHILLING EVIDENCE ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR: %A SMALL PILE OF SAND, A WHITE BOW TIE

Poem Sources:

QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS; POEMS.
  COLLINS, BILLY
  (1991)
 



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