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NEED FOR SHADE by YANNIS RITSOS

First Line: THE PASSSERBY, THE PAPER, THE MARBLE: BLINDING IN THE
Last Line: UNDER THE BREASTS OF A HEADLESS STATUE

Poem Sources:

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



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