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Sicilian Sestet at Etna

by Julie Fay
Issue #48
Spring 1989
for Laszlo There is nothing left on earth that's new so we repeat old stories, journey like a million others, commit the same limp mistakes, take ourselves where we can trace the folly of someone else's life and feel superior,...

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