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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Synesthesia, Mourning, D. G. Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:55:46 -0500 (EST)
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