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... wind . She was now limber as a shoestring in the wind . Bob threw her riddled body back on the sand . She quivered like a leaf in the lazy wind , then her riddled body lay perfectly still . The blood colored the loamy earth around the ...
... wind . She was now limber as a shoestring in the wind . Bob threw her riddled body back on the sand . She quivered like a leaf in the lazy wind , then her riddled body lay perfectly still . The blood colored the loamy earth around the ...
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... wind was blowing . It was a good morning wind to breathe and a wind that makes one feel like he can get under the edge of a hill and heave the whole hill upside down . I walked out the corn row where we had come yesterday afternoon . I ...
... wind was blowing . It was a good morning wind to breathe and a wind that makes one feel like he can get under the edge of a hill and heave the whole hill upside down . I walked out the corn row where we had come yesterday afternoon . I ...
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... wind What if autumn kills all the leaves of summer and flings them aside ? What if winter freezes all motion and buries all life in snow ? What if the whole world is destroyed ? Cummings views these facts and possibilities zestfully ...
... wind What if autumn kills all the leaves of summer and flings them aside ? What if winter freezes all motion and buries all life in snow ? What if the whole world is destroyed ? Cummings views these facts and possibilities zestfully ...
Contents
APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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