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SHUNGA by ROBERT HASS

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First Line: I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE ORDINARINESS OF LIFE
Last Line: TEETH CLENCHED, LINES TIGHT ABOUT THE EYES. IN THE PICTURE %THEY WANT THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING

Poem Sources:

NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, V15#1, WINTER /93.
  (1993)
 



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