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The Study Window
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March 16, 1976
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The Window: in Time of Drought
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A Young Slug on the Counter
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Soliloquy 164
The Ross's Gull
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In the Canyon
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Spring 168
End of September
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Reader Listening
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... and leaving, then
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Third Deposition
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toad sweat
Fragment (... Self )
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Father and Child
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Meeting Old Mr. Jim Porcupine
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The Career
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Winter Child
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In the Habitat of the Magpie
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The Accident
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Near the Stairs
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Fragment (... and still)
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running at hendry's
Note
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After Work: Foreword
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1. Down Here After Being Kept Away ...
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2. Commotion
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3. Liberté, Fraternité
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4. Beach Litter
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5.
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6. The Pelican-watcher (1)
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