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SLOWLY by YANNIS RITSOS

First Line: WE MEASURED THE PLACE; WE THREW THE DEAD INTO THE LIME
Last Line: STAYED LOW OVER THE WATER, IT DIDN'T RISE

Poem Sources:

REPETITIONS, TESTIMONIES, PARENTHESES. EDMUND KEELEY (TR.)
  RITSOS, YANNIS
  (1991)
 



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