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Etc.(Poem)
Etc.
for L. E. M.
We give no compensation,
The earth is ours today,
And if we lose on arable,
Then bungalows will pay.
All concrete sheds ... etc.
--John Betjeman, "Harvest Hymn"
We rowed out to Paquachuck Inn
Too late to get the morning papers.
All week we had been sleeping in:
All night we'd ...
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